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2018-06-07T10:23:35-04:00

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Three-Parent Babies: A New Moral Issue

Last updated on: June 7, 2018 at 10:23 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

NPR has a report from inside a clinic making a three-parent baby. In a clinic on a side street in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, doctors are doing something that, as far as is publicly known, is being done nowhere else in the world: using DNA from three different people to create babies for women who are infertile. “If you can help these families to achieve their own babies, why it must be forbidden?” Valery Zukin, director of the Nadiya Clinic, asks... Read more

2018-06-06T12:05:16-04:00

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Catholic Naïveté Regarding Immoral Acts: We Must Be Wide-Eyed

Last updated on: June 6, 2018 at 12:05 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

In recent weeks, there have been a few stories about sexual assault on Catholic college campuses. The fact that there are sexual assaults doesn’t surprise me. It’s not that I think there’s necessarily something wrong with the dating culture on these campuses: I just know our human nature is fallen. I would even suspect that the strong spiritual presence of such schools reduces the incidence of sexual assault. Nonetheless, assuming the spiritual climate eliminates sexual assault is naïveté. I would... Read more

2018-06-02T14:10:08-04:00

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“Vaccine” Designed to Sterilize Women in Developing Nations

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 2:10 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

The Sunday Guardian (of India) published a report about a new “vaccine” to prevent pregnancy or abort a baby. The prestigious journal Nature Medicine, in its February issue reported that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is to do a clinical trial of a tetanus toxoid vaccine (TT) laced with a pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). It is to be studied on 120 women in India. This “vaccine” against pregnancy was developed by Dr G. P. Talwar in 1972. The idea is... Read more

2018-05-29T12:41:03-04:00

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FULL INTERVIEW: Priest on American Ninja Warrior Tomorrow

Last updated on: May 29, 2018 at 12:41 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Fr Stephen Gadberry has always kept in good shape. Being a priest in the diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas hasn’t stopped him. Recently, he competed in American Ninja Warrior with his performance airing tomorrow (May 30) evening at 8 (7 central). If you haven’t seen it, American Ninja Warrior is an extreme obstacle course that requires a combination of strength, speed, and flexibility. (This video of the Papal Ninja last year explains it better than any words I can give.) I got... Read more

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2018-05-28T16:24:02-04:00

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Ovechkin Helped a Homeless Man (and Was Humble about It)

Last updated on: May 28, 2018 at 4:24 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Tonight the Stanley Cup Finals begin with the Washington Capitals facing the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Alexander Ovechkin captains the Capitals in their attempt to get their first cup since starting in 1974. I ran into a recent story of Ovechkin showing Christian virtues of charity and humility. This is always a positive aspect making me more open to cheering for an athlete. Back this fall, Ovechkin helped a homeless man stay warm in Edmonton, likely the coldest city in the NHL. The Washington Capitals forward... Read more

2018-05-25T18:09:47-04:00

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Goodbye Catholic Ireland: Lessons from the Abortion Referendum

Last updated on: May 25, 2018 at 6:09 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Today’s abortion referendum put an end to the idea of Catholic Ireland, the Isle of Saints. Here are the results. Ireland has voted by a landslide margin to change the constitution so that abortion can be legalised, according to an exit poll conducted for The Irish Times by Ipsos/MRBI. The poll suggests that the margin of victory for the Yes side in the referendum will be 68 per cent to 32 per cent – a stunning victory for the Yes side after a long... Read more

2018-05-25T09:52:19-04:00

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God Loves Gays: The Pope’s Words in Context

Last updated on: May 25, 2018 at 9:52 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Recently, some words of Pope Francis regarding gays have been widely reported and about as widely misinterpreted. As Crux reported the words: As part of the fallout of Pope Francis’s meeting with 34 Chilean bishops, many of whom have been accused or at least suspected of covering up cases of clerical sexual abuse and destroying damning evidence, and all of whom have offered their resignation, the survivors who met with Francis in April continue to share bits and pieces of their encounter... Read more

2018-05-18T11:00:22-04:00

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No More Funding for Planned Parenthood or Other Abortion Businesses

Last updated on: May 18, 2018 at 11:00 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

The Weekly Standard reported that Government will finally end Planned Parenthood funding based on an email they got. On Friday, the Trump administration will announce a proposed rule to cut taxpayer funding to abortionists like Planned Parenthood under Title X, a program that provides $260 million annually in federal funding for contraception and other “family planning” initiatives. “The proposal would require a bright line of physical as well as financial separation between Title X programs and any program (or facility)... Read more

2018-05-17T19:52:24-04:00

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Vatican: Economy Made for Man, Not Man for the Economy

Last updated on: May 17, 2018 at 7:52 pm By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

In a new document released this week, the Vatican asks those in charge of the economy to consider humans not just dollars and euros. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) published Oeconomicae et pecuniariae quaestiones: Considerations for an Ethical Discernment Regarding Some Aspects of the Present Economic-Financial System. The document has many details for specialists, but I will focus on a few paragraphs relevant to us all. These paragraphs point out several truths. They show a person is more than... Read more

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2018-05-16T11:06:46-04:00

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Pope Francis’s Choice for the JP2 Institute Defends Humanae Vitae

Last updated on: May 16, 2018 at 11:06 am By Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Pope Francis appointed Msgr. PierAngelo Sequeri 2 years ago to head the refounded pontifical John Paul II theological institute for matrimonial and family science. Recently he gave a talk on Humanae Vitae which was published in Avvenire (official newspaper of the Italian Bishops). Sequeri began with a little background. The aspect of Humanae Vitae regarding wisdom, which was loyally entrusted by the magisterium so there can be an intelligent deepening of all the “experts of humanity” in the Church. These experts include not... Read more

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