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2021-12-17T10:19:29-05:00

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Covaxin: A Vaccine We Can All Get Behind

Last updated on: December 17, 2021 at 10:19 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

I posted a piece on another vaccine over on FrMatthewLC.com: For the last year, the main two COVID vaccines in the USA have been Pfizer and Moderna. Now, Bharat Biotech and Ocugen have applied for approval of their Covaxin vaccine by the FDA. Covaxin got emergency use authorization from the WHO in early November 2021. Pfizer and Moderna have a remote connection to abortion via testing on fetal cell lines, but Covaxin has no connection in production, development, or testing. On top... Read more

2021-12-10T11:38:47-05:00

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Aquinas: Some Sins Worse Than Sexual Sins

Last updated on: December 10, 2021 at 11:38 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

In response to people freaking out about Pope Francis, I examined what Aquinas said: This week, Pope Francis noted that sexual sins or sins of the flesh are not the worst kind of sins during an interview on a plane. There have been three mistaken reactions to this. First, many secular sources assumed he meant these didn’t matter. This is obviously false. Sexual sins are often mortal sins so are serious and can result in someone being unable to go... Read more

2021-12-07T09:54:13-05:00

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Were Moderna & Pfizer’s HEK293 Tests Immoral?

Last updated on: December 7, 2021 at 9:54 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Much of the Catholic discussion around the ethics of vaccines has focused on the remote connection with abortion. There has been an implicit assumption that all testing on HEK-293 is unethical. But as not all remote cooperation with evil is immoral. Thus, we need to ask if the tests Moderna and Pfizer did on HEK-293 were immoral on the part of the companies & scientists. I don’t think there is a clear definitive answer but I will give principles to... Read more

2021-12-02T10:06:32-05:00

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Australian Bishops Want Us to Include Those with Disabilities

Last updated on: December 2, 2021 at 10:06 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Pope Francis and the Australian Bishops had some good words about those with disabilities for International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I wrote about this on FrMatthewLC.com so I’ll quote a bit of that here. Tomorrow is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (Obviously, some of us – particularly the blind, Deaf & autistic – prefer identity-first language but most disabled people prefer person-first language.) The Church celebrates it on the closest Sunday (i.e. in three days). This year, I was... Read more

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2021-11-18T09:08:02-05:00

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Fetal Cell Lines ≠ Aborted Baby Parts

Last updated on: November 18, 2021 at 9:08 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

In the discussion around vaccines tested on fetal cell lines there is what appears to be a small matter of terminology but actually points to a significant difference both ontologically and morally. This is the distinction between cells from a fetal cell line and fetal cells. Fetal cells can often be termed as aborted baby parts, murdered baby organs, or similar. This will examine the ontological and moral distinctions, then ask a question about the COVID vaccines’ use of fetal... Read more

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2021-10-19T09:17:46-04:00

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Raising Kids with Learning Disabilities: Podcast with Sr. Josephine

Last updated on: October 19, 2021 at 9:17 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

In Spring 2021, I recorded an interview with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN, primarily for the families at the school where she ministers on helping kids with learning differences at home and at school. Now a few months later, she has turned this into a podcast. I figure some of you might be interested so I’m sharing it here. I hope this helps parents with autistic children or other neurodivergent children. It should also help teachers and staff at Catholic schools.... Read more

2021-10-15T10:47:56-04:00

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Ohio Dioceses Dealing with Closing Parishes

Last updated on: October 15, 2021 at 10:47 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Recently, it’s been in the news that the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is starting a program to reduce the number of parishes. I wanted to share a little about what I saw working in the area about a decade ago, but it got just too long for a tweet or Facebook post. Cincinnati’s Announcement The Pillar Reports: The Archdiocese of Cincinnati announced on Friday a restructuring initiative that could eventually close 70% of archdiocesan parishes. The process will begin by clustering... Read more

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2021-11-02T10:46:07-04:00

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Fetal Cell Line Testing & Church Teaching

Last updated on: November 2, 2021 at 10:46 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Despite claims to the contrary from some circles, the Church has never taught that medicine being tested on fetal cell lines is a significant enough moral issue to skip that medicine. I wrote this up in a semi-academic piece that covers a lot of details but I want to offer a summary for readers here. The Church has clearly taught in her ordinary magisterium that one may reject a vaccine grown on fetal cell lines, but in so doing, she... Read more

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2021-10-05T13:38:23-04:00

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A Timeline Those Now Critiquing My HEK293 Post Miss

Last updated on: October 5, 2021 at 1:38 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

I think a little timeline is helpful to understand how my post on how almost every medicine was tested on HEK-293 changed the argument. You can’t argue that based on your standard now, the standard I applied in January 2020 is inaccurate. I was applying the standard Catholics who are against getting COVID vaccines were using at that moment. After this article, those Catholics objecting based on this principle changed their argument from any link to a very circumscribed link... Read more

2022-01-02T09:19:59-05:00

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Talking About Autism and My Early Life on a Podcast

Last updated on: January 2, 2022 at 9:19 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

I’ve done a bunch of podcasts on being autistic or how the Church can reach out to autistics. I recently spoke with John Aidan Byrne on his podcast Dig Life Deep! Most of the stuff about autism was pretty similar to other podcasts but we talked a little more about my family and my background in the Legion. John Aidan Byrne is a journalist who is originally from Ireland but lives in the USA. His podcast covers a mix of Catholic... Read more

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