The same logic that applies either way the super remote connection to abortion with the covid vaccines applies to other vaccines too. I did a little comparison between these. For decades, Catholic ethicists have approved of several vaccines in the […]
Read moreAuthor: Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC
From Founding a Startup to Deloitte to the Convent
I translated an amazing story from Spanish on Patheos: Montserrat Medina Martínez was an up-and-coming woman in Spanish business. Despite being only 36, she has gone from success to success professionally. With a scholarship from Stanford, she created a Silicon Valley startup that […]
Read moreIssues with (Br) Alexis Bugnolo, Ordo Militaris & FromRome
I did a long-form investigative piece on a person who I keep seeing online promoting conspiracy theories and claiming they are Catholic. Alexis Bugnolo runs FromRome, Ordo Militaris, and Scholasticum online. The first is meant to be a news site, […]
Read moreQuantifying Cooperation in or Appropriation of Evil
In response to some people asking questions about the connection between abortion and vaccines, I did a little math and posted it. Some Catholics have questions about COVID vaccines based on the very remote connection to abortion. Abortion is obviously […]
Read moreIf Any Drug Tested on HEK-293 Is Immoral, Goodbye Modern Medicine
I posted about how prevalent testing on HEK-293 is on Patheos. When I published it, I did not expect it, but this became probably my most-viewed post of all time. For years, the Church has generally encouraged vaccines while noting […]
Read moreScientific Errors Lead to Moral Errors Re: Vaccines (3/3 on Fr. Ripperger)
The third post on Fr. Ripperger’s errors. This is the third and final post on Fr. Ripperger and vaccines in his podcast interview. The first focused on his problem with failing to identify the object of most vaccination as immunization. The second focused on his […]
Read moreFetal Cell Lines Are Not Continual Theft From the Fetus (2/3 on Fr. Ripperger)
I wrote a second piece on Ripperger that directly points out that his central argument does not hold water. It is posted over on Patheos. This is the second in a three-part series analyzing Fr. Chad Ripperger on COVID-19 vaccines. […]
Read moreFr. Ripperger: Almost All Vaccines Are Illicit in Their Object 1/3
This is the first of a three-part series. It explores the errors in a vaccine video popular in certain circles. Yes, you read that right. Fr. Ripperger said only a certain type of vaccines are licit in the object and […]
Read moreCatholics, Promoting Conspiracy Theories Harms Our Cause
Here’s a short piece I posted on an issue where some Catholics seriously harm our cause. Our goal as Catholics is to share Jesus’ message with the whole world. A big part of this message comes down to credibility. We […]
Read moreErrors in Fr. Dave Nix’s COVID Vaccine Video
Several priests were promoting confusion and bad theology around vaccines. I pointed out one of these in a post. There are unfortunately a lot of errors in Catholic circles on COVID vaccines. I have watched the start of several long […]
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