Throughout certain recent discussions, some Catholics have argued that we can’t use medical products if tested on a fetal cell line. They use terms that grab a good Catholic’s conscience but are not accurate to the reality. They say things […]
Read moreAuthor: 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.
Vaccines Have Some Risk, But It’s a Reasonable Risk
I wrote a letter to the editor about an article that noted that Catholics have a duty to vaccinate for the common good. This is important as some Catholics falsely claim Catholics should skip vaccines or that vaccine mandates are […]
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Intrinsic Human Dignity: 1st Part of Dignitas Infinita
The last two semesters, I have taught bioethics. In that class, the whole second week focused on human dignity being intrinsic and based on being made in the Image of God. Dignity comes from being human, not from some secondary […]
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Fr. Jim Sichko, Habitual Plagiarist (Updated)
Several years ago, the Church was rocked by the scandal that Fr. Thomas Roscia had extensively plagiarized material for articles and speeches. He had been a Vatican advisor and the head of Canada’s Catholic TV network before the fall. I […]
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Infertility Is a Cross, Not a Sexual Identity
Back in October, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) published a new definition of infertility. The definition changed from just trying for a kid and not having one to now also include sexual identities that are by nature not […]
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Fiducia Supplicans: Text vs. Media vs. “Spirit”
On Monday, the Vatican released Fiducia Supplicans, which is a document meant to finalize any discussions of blessing gay couples and people in irregular relationships (acting like they are married when they are not). Since then, there has been a […]
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Deisher et al. 2015 on Vaccines & Autism Must Be Retracted Due to Multiple Issues Including Possible Fraud
In 2015, Issues in Law & Medicine published “Epidemiologic and Molecular Relationship Between Vaccine Manufacture and Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence” by Theresa A. Deisher, Ngoc V. Doan, Kumiko Koyama, and Sarah Bwabye (Spring;30[1]:47-70. PMID: 26103708) (PDF). Dr. Theresa Deisher is […]
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23andMe Hacked: Genetic Privacy and HIPAA
I’m about a month late to the initial revelation that 23andMe got hacked, but more has been coming out over the month. This is a big issue given a bunch of the breech was grabbing whole extended family trees, which […]
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I Hosted a Podcast on Catholic Psychology
Belmont Abbey College has a podcast called conversatio. They rotate hosts, and a few weeks ago, I was asked to be the host for a discussion on psychology with two psychology professors. I think any of you are interested in […]
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Autism and Holy Orders Is a Helpful Book
About a year ago, I got Autism and Holy Orders: How to Help Seminarians with Autism Become Effective Priests by Deacon Lawrence Sutton. I held off reading it as I was writing a review of a prior book of his […]
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