On Patheos, I noted this diocese did a good job. Various dioceses have issued statements about vaccine mandates that seem contradictory. I think many of the others have missed one side or the other of a two-part reality. First, the […]
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Imprudence & Imprecision on Vaccines & Mandates
I addressed this issue over on Patheos. On August 5, the Bishops of Colorado issued a statement that although not technically wrong, was imprecise in ways that can easily mislead an average reader. I think these wordings are imprudent. Although it is […]
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Anti-Vaccine Catholics Break Moral Theology Principles
I posted this over at Patheos, pointing out the errors of those pushing an anti-vax position with bad theology: Basic moral theology indicates that we can, and in most cases should, use the vaccines against COVID. I have repeatedly shown […]
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Vaccines: 2 Moral Issues But Only 1 Discussed
I wrote about how the issue of ensuring the poor get vaccines is essential but under-discussed by Catholics over at Patheos. Read the rest over there if you are interested.
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Comparing COVID Vaccine to Other Vaccines
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 […]
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Quantifying 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 […]
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If 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 […]
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Scientific 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 […]
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Fetal 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. […]
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Fr. 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 […]
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