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July 2021

July 26, 2021

“Distractions” and Priestly Fidelity

One line from the USCCB’s statement on Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill’s resignation has bothered me: they...

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...

February 2021

February 12, 2021

Prayer for the Neurodivergent

Prayer for people with mental health is an issue we need to address as a...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Video Shows the Need to Train Priests on Disability

On Sunday, there was a video of a priest kicking a 7-year-old disabled child out...

March 2020

March 20, 2020

No, Mass Is Not “Canceled”

I’ve seen several posts indicating Masses are canceled due to coronavirus. That is simply not...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

Warning: Fr. Tetherow Is Back at an Independent Latin Mass Chapel

A year ago, I reported on how the diocese had dealt well with a priest...

February 12, 2020

Francis & John Paul II: Holiness Over Numbers in Priestly Vocations

The big, but unsurprising, news today is that Pope Francis did not put a proposal...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

Entrevista con un sacerdote autista, el P. Matthew Schneider, LC

[For my regular readers in English, this is an interview I gave in Spanish on...

October 2019

October 12, 2019

No Women Are in Formation to Be Permanent Deacons

A bishop in the Amazon is doing the laudable act of forming catechists to lead...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Defending Pope Francis as a “Conservative”

A few months back, The Catholic Herald asked me to interview about an article on...

May 2019

May 09, 2019

What Is It Like Being an Autistic Priest?

I am an autistic priest. It is the only life I know. However, being both...

April 2019

April 07, 2019

John Paul II Definitively Said “No!” to Female Priests

I posted an article over on the National Catholic Register about whether women could be...

April 02, 2019

Yes, I am Autistic -Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Today, on World Autism Awareness Day, I decided to come forward about being autistic. Below...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

McCarrick Laicized: The End of the Beginning

Today, Mr. Theodore McCarrick is no longer a cleric: he has no right to celebrate...

January 2019

January 05, 2019

Seminarian: Why I Want to Be a Priest Despite the Crisis

As the clerical sex abuse crisis continues to unfold. Each of us in ordained ministry...

January 02, 2019

The Limits of What a Church Can Do With a Misbehaving Priest: The Case of Fr. Tetherow

Fr. Virgil Bradley Tetherow was forbidden from saying Mass and removed from the clerical state....

December 2018

December 18, 2018

2 Anonymous Priests: Silence Regarding Priestly Misconduct Is a Problem

Too often, the modus operandi in the Church continues to be ignoring problems priests have....

December 07, 2018

Spiritual Direction, Scruples, Vocation, Confession, etc. (Spiritual Situations Q&A on CuriousCat)

A few weeks ago, I published an intro to the spiritual life Q&A based on...

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