Year: 2019

Fr. Chad Zielinski, now bishop of Fairbanks, preaching as an air force chaplain (CC0 government photo)

We Need to Bring Back Parish Missions on Contraception

Following the post I made recently on explaining contraception, I follow up with one way I think that we can do this effectively. In the past, pastors would often ask visiting preachers to talk about the tough moral issues during […]

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These women may think they were ordained but they were not. (CC BY 3.0 St. Mary Magdelene Community vimeo.com/126138208)

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

I posted an article over on the National Catholic Register about whether women could be priests: Last week, La Croix carried a story about Sr. Ruth Schönenberger wanting female priests. She explains, “It is surely only natural for women to be priests and I […]

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hand with no wedding ring (John Moore – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 www.flickr.com/photos/johnm2205/2588225548)

Amoris Laetitia: A Complete Guide for Chapter VIII on Communion

I wrote a lot on Amoris Laetitia. Rather than copying each article here from Patheos, I decided to copy my guide that links to all my articles. Ever since Amoris Laetitia came out, there has been confusion about how to interpret chapter […]

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Roof fresco of Pantokrator, Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Bitola, Macedonia (Petar Milošević on Wikimedia)

No, Our Lord Didn’t Have “Homosexual Tendencies”

I don’t believe I need to say this, but I do: I can’t believe I have to write this. Unfortunately, some people think this is an open question or want to imply Jesus might have had same-sex attraction. The most […]

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Concelebrants with Pope Benedict XVI at the mass to open the year of faith in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican, October 11, 2012 (Church of England and Wales CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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

I think we need to get rid of unfaithful priests. The best option: become faithful. 2nd best option: they leave on their own. 3rd best option: kick them out. This letter focuses on the 2nd option: Dear fellow clerics and […]

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McCarrick in 2008 (World Economic Forum CC BY-SA 2.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Cardinal_McCarrick.jpg)

McCarrick Laicized: The End of the Beginning

The turning point in a big case happened. I shared the news with a little analysis. Today, Mr. Theodore McCarrick is no longer a cleric: he has no right to celebrate any of the sacraments and cannot present himself as […]

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