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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Errors 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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12 Things Less-Remote Cooperation in Evil Than COVID Vaccines
I wrote a kind of reductio ad absurdum about how remote the connection to abortion is with vaccines only tested on fetal cell lines. In recent days, several vaccines for COVID have reached the final approval process. The USCCB indicated that Catholics […]
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Pope Francis’s Words on Civil Unions Distorted by Editing
The media distorted Pope Francis again. I wrote an explainer. On October 21, 2020, I woke up to find every news source in the world claiming Pope Francis approved civil unions. Then, when I looked at the video, I see […]
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Clarifying Catholic Teaching on Vaccines re: Fr. Michael Copenhagen
I wrote about the question of vaccines a priest raised speaking at an anti-vax event. Several times people have sent me talks or writings by Fr. Michael Copenhagen claiming that he explains the actual Catholic teaching on vaccines. This is […]
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Debunking Catholic Disinformation Re: Vaccines (Viganò)
I wrote in response to one of Archbishop Viganò’s letters about the vaccine which strayed from Catholic teaching. Archbishop Viganò was the papal nuncio in the USA years ago but has recently come to fame for various letters he’s written […]
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Obedience Is a Virtue: Follow Your Bishop’s Rules!
Right when things got crazy over COVID in the USA, a bunch of Catholics started suggesting interesting ideas to try to get to liturgies rather than obey so I pointed out obedience is a virtue. Obedience to the spirit of […]
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Food, Shelter, and Clothing are Basic Human Rights
This is from over on Patheos about private property, theft & our duty to the common good: I am surprised how adamantly some Catholics deny that life’s necessities are human rights. However, the overwhelming evidence from the Magisterium is that […]
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Fr. Dominic Valanmanal, Please Stop Attacking Autistics
It’s painful when other priests attack autistics. One was popular so I wrote about him. Fr. Dominic Valanmanal is at it again. This priest compared us autistics to animals and blamed our existence on our parents’ sins. This priest is […]
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