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January 2022

January 14, 2022

Licensing the Catechism

I wrote a bit about the issue with how the Church does copyright over on...

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...

September 2021

September 22, 2021

Only 1 Step from Autonomous Warfare (& Privacy Concerns)

Israel recently killed a top Iranian nuclear scientist. On its own, that might be news,...

August 2021

August 09, 2021

Imprudence & Imprecision on Vaccines & Mandates

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

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Vaccines: 2 Moral Issues But Only 1 Discussed

While Catholics in the USA have been extremely concerned over a rather minor issue regarding...

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...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis All Did Ashes on the Crown

This Ash Wednesday, the distribution of the ashes will be a little different for Canada...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Listen to YOUR Bishop

If your local bishop, the bishops' conference, the Vatican, and moral theology principles from the...

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 05, 2020

Nuncio Further Clarifies Pope on Civil Unions

We are now at about two weeks since the documentary Francesco came out. This documentary misconstrued the...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Full Text Proves Francis Meant Civil Unions IN PLACE OF “Gay Marriage”

On Wednesday, quotes from a new documentary came out where Pope Francis seemed to indicate...

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...

October 04, 2020

Key Quotes from Fratelli Tutti: Part 2 (Chapters 5-8)

Today, Pope Francis released Fratelli Tutti. I read it all today. As I read through...

October 04, 2020

Key Quotes from Fratelli Tutti: Part 1 (Chapters 1-4)

Today, Pope Francis released Fratelli Tutti. I read it all today. As I read through...

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...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

St. Isidore of Seville is NOT the Official Patron of the Internet.

When I wrote on soon to be Blessed Carlo Acutis, I got the same reply...

February 2020

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 07, 2019

Clarity in Catholic Tradition on the Morality of Homosexual Acts

Some people might be confused about church teaching on the morality of homosexual acts. We...

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...

August 2019

August 25, 2019

Pope Francis Greets an Autistic Girl

Pope Francis greeted an autistic girl from Naples at his Wednesday audience this week. It...

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 28, 2019

New Chinese Law Makes Embryonic DNA-Editing Illegal

The world got a lot closer to preventing genetically edited babies, at least for the...

April 2019

April 01, 2019

Pope: Evangelize 1st by Example! Not “Don’t Convert Others”

On Sunday, Pope Francis spoke to the Christian minority in Morocco. He spoke of how...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

New Stricter Vatican Child Protection Norms

This morning, the Vatican issued new norms which tighten rules on child protection. Three separate...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

“Hypocrites at Times? Yes!” Nigerian Sister to Abuse Summit

Sr. Veronica Openibo, of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, gave an impassioned talk...

February 19, 2019

Open Letter to Priests and Bishops: Resign If You Need to

Dear fellow clerics and religious in Christ, I know that most of you are hard-working...

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...

February 08, 2019

Francis: Being Pro-Life Is the Foundation of Human Rights

This week, Francis spoke to Italian pro-life leaders. In his speech, he spoke about being pro-life...

January 2019

January 03, 2019

Vatican Rules on Hysterectomies, Allowing Them in Specific Cases

The Vatican updated a ruling on the morality of hysterectomies today. 1993 Ruling on Hysterectomies...

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