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January 2019

January 04, 2019

New York Times Criticizes the Contraceptive Mentality & More IUDs

I was surprised to see an article from the New York Times being negative about...

January 03, 2019

Vatican Rules on Hysterectomies, Allowing Them in Specific Cases

The Vatican updated a ruling on the morality of hysterectomies today. 1993 Ruling on Hysterectomies...

December 2018

December 28, 2018

The Pope Didn’t Deny the Immaculate Conception

It's crazy what gets spread online today. One website was posting that Pope Francis denied...

December 20, 2018

A Different Story When a Bishop, Not a Priest, Is Accused (LA Auxiliary)

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles was aware of accusations against Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar since 2005....

December 19, 2018

The Friendly Atheist is Factually Wrong about Catholicism & Contraception

A popular writer here at Patheos is Hemant Mehta, AKA the Friendly Atheist. Obviously, we...

December 13, 2018

Designer Babies Are Here: Let’s Not Kid Ourselves

This week, A Cecile JW Janssens, a professor of Epidemiology at Emory University, tried to argue that...

December 11, 2018

Pope Francis: Our Father Should Say “Abandon Us Not When in Temptation”

The Our Father is a central Christian prayer. It is not originally in English but our...

December 07, 2018

Starbucks & Tumblr Banning Porn before Notre Dame

Yes, you read that right. All public forums and all Catholic institutes should ban porn....

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Science Didn’t Prove Adam & Eve or Noah’s Ark

A whole bunch of media reports seemed to imply some scientists proved Adam & Eve...

November 29, 2018

Twitter Newspeak: You Must Say “Caitlyn Jenner Won the Men’s Decathlon in 1976”

Twitter has just banned deadnaming and misgendering. This means you must call people by their...

November 26, 2018

UPDATED x2: Moral & Practical Problems with the 1st Gene-Edited Babies

Early this morning, there was a shocking announcement out of China. They performed gene editing...

November 21, 2018

New Tests Allow “Screening” of Low-IQ Babies

A new company called Genomics Prediction now claims to be able to test IVF babies...

November 17, 2018

Changes in Embryo Research May Lead to More Ethical Vaccines

Several vaccines, currently used in the USA, are grown or prepared using unethical means. These vaccines...

November 07, 2018

2/3 Pro-Life Ballot Initiatives Won Last Night

Three states had statewide pro-life ballot initiatives yesterday. Two passed and one lost in the...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Don’t Empty “Redemption” of Meaning

The Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, published an article today under the title "Salvation: More Than...

October 18, 2018

Pope Francis Wearing a Rainbow Cross? It Isn’t What You Think✝️

This week Pope Francis wore a cross that had multiple colors on it that appear...

October 17, 2018

What Does the Orthodox Split Mean?

This week, the Russian Orthodox Patriarch ceased Communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople. As...

October 10, 2018

The Nuance of Abortion Laws Without Roe v. Wade

Today, the Washington Post carried a story about what happens if Roe is overturned. We...

October 05, 2018

Bishop Henry: Speak Boldly and Evangelize in the Media

Bishop Fred Henry, a retired bishop, recently spoke about the need for us to speak out...

October 02, 2018

Bishop Caggiano: We Need to Address Sex Abuse to Reach Youth

Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, CT is a delegate at the youth synod. He recently spoke...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Millennials Have a Lower Divorce Rate (as a Percent of Marriages)

It seems like good news that divorce is declining in younger people. It is good...

September 25, 2018

Insulin: Why Is There Rationing? How Can We Solve It?

I've seen a few recent stories about rationing of insulin by diabetics. This worries me as...

September 19, 2018

Top 9 Questions & Answers on Bishop Barron’s Reddit AMA

Bishop Robert Barron did an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit today. I did an AMA with...

September 18, 2018

Famed Australian Atheist, Bill Hayden, is Baptized in the Catholic Church at 85

Some amazing news came out of Australia today with a famous atheist politician receiving baptism. Bill...

September 16, 2018

Making a Mountain out of a Papal Blessing

Yesterday, Pope Francis was in Palermo. After one of his meetings, he gave an impromptu...

September 05, 2018

Attacks Against Paper on Social Aspects of Gender Dysphoria

About two weeks ago, a professor at Brown University published a study but now the study...

September 02, 2018

Co-Ed Change Rooms: Do They Increase Sexual Attacks?

The Sunday Times (UK) released a report yesterday on where sexual attacks in pools and Sports...

August 2018

August 18, 2018

“I am tired of the obfuscation of truth. I am tired of sin.” Bishop Morlino Responds to Crisis

Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison posted a letter today which is a nice start of...

August 09, 2018

Further Down the Euthanasia Slippery Slope: 4 More Stories of Unjust Death

A few weeks back, I posted about how euthanasia and assisted suicide were a slippery slope...

August 03, 2018

Capital Punishment: Francis & the Tradition Before Him Are Both Right

In the past two days, Capital Punishment has been a hot topic. Some claim previous...

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