This is a review of What’s a Person to Do?: Everyday Decisions That Matter by Mark S. Latkovic (OSV, 2013). Instead of talking about the big hot button moral issues like abortion, transgender rights, the death penalty or gay marriage, Dr Latkovic […]
Read moreAuthor: Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC
Cleansed: Overcoming Pornography Issues with Jesus
Pornography is a huge addiction in our society: ripping way the innocence of children, stripping teens of a realistic expectation of sex, driving boyfriends and girlfriends into sex prematurely, deadening marriages, afflicting all ages, and destroying families. Marcel LeJeune has […]
Read moreThe Hermeneutic of Continuity vs. the Hermeneutic of Suspicion
Today there is a lot of confusion about what Pope Francis wrote yesterday in Amoris Laetitia. I think a lot of it goes back to a principle that was best explained by Benedict XVI in his 2005 Christmas addressed to the […]
Read moreKey Quotes from Amoris Laetitia: About Every Family Not Just Divorced and Civilly Remarried
News reports focus on a few paragraphs of Francis’s new document, Amoris Laetitia, namely 242-243, 250, and 298-305, yet this is but a small part of the document. Instead, I want to give you a medium-length summary of the whole […]
Read moreRethinking College Athletics…
While college tuitions skyrocket, many Division 1 colleges lose millions of dollars on their sports programs, leaving students to shoulder the losses and rack up debt. Brave New Films has the scoop. Posted by Upworthy on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 […]
Read moreBody-Positive Catholicism
I was a nerd, not a jock, a little flabby but not obese, interested in the brain more than the body, catching my breath after a few flights of stairs, thinking this was the way to live Catholicism. I saw […]
Read morePro-Life or Social Justice: a False Catholic Dichotomy
Right after the March for Life, the USCCB organized the Catholic Social Ministries Gathering. As one of the few who attended both events, I saw many people who were both pro-life and pro-social justice but I also saw a false dichotomy […]
Read moreFive Tips for Catholic Blogging and Social Media
So, you’re excited about your faith and want to share it. You want to evangelize! You realize that much of the world has moved online and fear that will be a great place to share it. But how? I’ve seen […]
Read moreAbba or Allah: 2 Views of the 1 God
I have always loved science: when most boys said they wanted to be policemen, I wanted to be a paleontologist and study dinosaurs. Now as a priest, I still enjoy looking at science as a sign of God’s beautiful work […]
Read moreRobert Lewis Dear Isn’t Pro-Life (Pro-Life = Pro-ALL-Life)
Last Saturday, Robert Lewis Dear went into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and committed an anti-life crime. He killed 3 people and injured 9 more with his gun. His actions were the very antithesis of everything the name […]
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