Author: Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

We love Jesus. Jesus loved us first. I want to help you experience Jesus and become his apostle. I'm a priest with the Legionaries of Christ ordained in 2013, living in the Washington DC metro area where I'm writing a doctoral thesis in moral theology and I help out with various ministries. I'm also one of the top priests on social media with over 55,000 Twitter followers. I'm originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, but I've worked throughout North America.
Pope Francis Preaching in Madison Square Garden, September 25, 2015 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Antoine Mekary / ALETEIA)

Francis: Evangelize by Example, not Pushing Your Faith on Others

Unfortunately, English publications fail to make a distinction made in other languages so people confuse what Pope Francis says sometimes. Here’s a clarification that got big about this point. Recently, Pope Francis answered questions from high school students and suggested […]

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A priest confessing with the autistic infinity symbol (Photo: CC0 Josh Applegate, Unsplash; infinity and composed image, own work)

Autistic Confession: Tips for Both Sides of the Screen

I recently wrote a piece on confession for autistics. I want to help both the individual autistic confess well and the priest to hear the confession well. My piece on the topic was recently published on Aleteia: [Autistics] make up 1.5% […]

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