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January 2022

January 24, 2022

21 of the Most Dynamic Signs at March For Life 2022

The March for Life 2022 happened today and people had plenty of amazing signs. I...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Fetal Cell Lines ≠ Aborted Baby Parts

In the discussion around vaccines tested on fetal cell lines there is what appears to...

August 2021

August 27, 2021

Bridgeport: The Best Vaccine Mandate Instruction Yet

Various dioceses have issued statements about vaccine mandates that seem contradictory. I think many of...

August 09, 2021

Imprudence & Imprecision on Vaccines & Mandates

On August 5, the Bishops of Colorado issued a statement that although not technically wrong,...

July 2021

July 02, 2021

Who is Weaponizing the Eucharist? Politicians, Not Bishops

Recently concerns have arisen over the bishops following historical pastoral practice and insisting that people...

June 2021

June 10, 2021

Peter Singer: Eugenics Is Great! (YIKES!)

One insidious aspect of the culture of death is the idea we can kill "undesirable"...

April 2021

April 18, 2021

The Inconsistency of Moral Lines in Cooperation (Lincare Quarterly)

I just ran across a Licare Quarterly Editorial from February that cited me. I think Barbara...

April 16, 2021

Pro-Life & Disability Rights: Often on the Same Side but Not Always

I've written before about how disability rights groups and pro-life groups support human dignity in...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

Quantifying Cooperation in or Appropriation of Evil

Some Catholics have questions about COVID vaccines based on the very remote connection to abortion....

March 02, 2021

You Can Use the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine in Some Cases

Recently, the FDA approved the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine (emergency use authorization). This brings up...

February 2021

February 13, 2021

DNR Orders Forced on Those With Learning Disabilities

Back in April 2020, I reported on how DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders were put...

February 11, 2021

FREE Euthanasia for the Disabled in Canada

The Canadian government is proposing a law that will push euthanasia on the disabled. This...

February 05, 2021

Cooperation with Evil on Catholic Answers Live

Today, cooperation with evil comes up in many situations Catholics need to make moral choices....

January 2021

January 29, 2021

13 Cool Pro-Life Signs and Shirts Posted During MFL 2021

This year, the March for Life was mainly virtual. However, many still posted their great...

January 28, 2021

If Any Drug Tested on HEK-293 Is Immoral, Goodbye Modern Medicine

For years, the Church has generally encouraged vaccines while noting issues with certain ones grown...

January 15, 2021

Fetal Cell Lines Are Not Continual Theft From the Fetus (2/3 on Fr. Ripperger)

This is the second in a three-part series analyzing Fr. Chad Ripperger on COVID-19 vaccines....

January 13, 2021

Fr. Ripperger: Almost All Vaccines Are Illicit in Their Object 1/3

Yes, you read that right. Fr. Ripperger said only a certain type of vaccines are...

January 06, 2021

Withdrawing Ventilators in Triage: A Catholic Approach

As you may know, I am currently writing a doctoral degree in moral theology. Another...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

Fr. Nix Is More Confused About Vaccines Than I Thought

A few days before Christmas, I posted a critique of Fr. Dave Nix’s video against...

December 23, 2020

Errors in Fr. Dave Nix’s COVID Vaccine Video

There are unfortunately a lot of errors in Catholic circles on COVID vaccines. I have...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

Doubly-Remote Cooperation in Evil & Vaccines

The whole question of vaccines has been simmering in Catholic circles for a while. When...

November 18, 2020

Vaccines and Double Effect with Trent Horn

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being on Trent Horn's podcast, the Council of Trent....

October 2020

October 31, 2020

Ask Politicians About Assisted Suicide or It Becomes Law

States have slowly been adopted assisted suicide legislation. This is unethical as it is taking...

October 27, 2020

“Cost-Savings” Claimed as Euthanasia Benefit in Canada

Canada approved "Medical Aid in Dying" in 2016. This law legalized both assisted suicide and...

October 20, 2020

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Underperforms in California

Do you remember the top bioethical topic of discussion in 2004? It was California voters...

October 14, 2020

Clarifying Catholic Teaching on Vaccines re: Fr. Michael Copenhagen

Several times people have sent me talks or writings by Fr. Michael Copenhagen claiming that...

September 2020

September 01, 2020

Debunking Catholic Disinformation Re: Vaccines (Viganò)

Archbishop Viganò was the papal nuncio in the USA years ago but has recently come...

August 2020

August 22, 2020

Woman Told She Should Have Aborted Autistic Children

In Ireland, someone told a woman with two autistic children that she should have aborted...

August 01, 2020

Genetic Screening Might Kill Disabled Babies

Yes, you read that right. Most of you have probably heard about genetic testing on...

April 2020

April 08, 2020

Pope Francis Condemns Eugenic Abortion, Again

Reading one paragraph of Pope Francis's interview with Austen Ivereigh today, I was reminded of...

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