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December 2021

December 17, 2021

Covaxin: A Vaccine We Can All Get Behind

I posted a piece on another vaccine over on FrMatthewLC.com: For the last year, the...

October 2021

October 14, 2021

Fetal Cell Line Testing & Church Teaching

Despite claims to the contrary from some circles, the Church has never taught that medicine...

October 05, 2021

A Timeline Those Now Critiquing My HEK293 Post Miss

I think a little timeline is helpful to understand how my post on how almost...

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,...

June 2021

June 04, 2021

Anti-Vaccine Catholics Break Moral Theology Principles

Basic moral theology indicates that we can, and in most cases should, use the vaccines...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Comparing COVID Vaccine to Other Vaccines

For decades, Catholic ethicists have approved of several vaccines in the USA which have some...

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...

March 2021

March 26, 2021

Issues with (Br) Alexis Bugnolo, Ordo Militaris & FromRome

Alexis Bugnolo runs FromRome, Ordo Militaris, and Scholasticum online. The first is meant to be...

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...

January 2021

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 19, 2021

My Interview in Crux on Vaccine Ethics

As I have been one of the most outspoken Catholic voices on the ethics of...

January 17, 2021

Scientific Errors Lead to Moral Errors Re: Vaccines (3/3 on Fr. Ripperger)

This is the third and final post on Fr. Ripperger and vaccines in his podcast...

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 08, 2021

Catholics, Promoting Conspiracy Theories Harms Our Cause

Our goal as Catholics is to share Jesus’ message with the whole world. A big...

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...

December 18, 2020

12 Things Less-Remote Cooperation in Evil Than COVID Vaccines

In recent days, several vaccines for COVID have reached the final approval process. The USCCB...

December 16, 2020

USCCB: Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine Is “An Act of Charity”

On Monday, the USCCB released a statement on the ethics of COVID vaccines. It noted...

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....

November 13, 2020

A Simple Reflection on Our Current Times

Fr. Harrison Ayre and Michael Heinlein just released Finding Christ in the Crisis. It's a short...

October 2020

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...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

Speaking Out Against Drinking Bleach

Unfortunately, many promote drinking bleach (usually called MMS) to cure autism and COVID. All the...

July 01, 2020

Faking Disability to Avoid Masks Breaks at Least 3 Commandments

In recent weeks, many places have required people to wear masks when entering. Close contact...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Enable Bluetooth Coronavirus Tracing

I've seen a number of posts of people freaking out on social media telling everyone...

April 2020

April 01, 2020

Why is Public Mass Suspended? 4 Case Studies Show Why

If anyone still questions why Catholic churches have suspended public Masses? It's because we love...

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