Back in September, I wrote a piece called, “Only 1 Step from Autonomous Warfare.” It was a moral analysis of a semi-autonomous killing of a top Iranian scientist. That semi-autonomous weapon system used facial recognition. Since then, I’ve found out […]
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Aquinas: Some Sins Worse Than Sexual Sins (Updated)
This week, Pope Francis noted that sexual sins or sins of the flesh are not the worst kind of sins during an interview on a plane. There have been three mistaken reactions to this. First, many secular sources assumed he […]
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Fetal Cell Line Testing & Church Teaching
Despite claims to the contrary from some circles, the Church has never taught that medicine being tested on fetal cell lines is a significant enough moral issue to skip that medicine. I wrote this up in a semi-academic piece that […]
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Issues with (Br) Alexis Bugnolo, Ordo Militaris & FromRome
I did a long-form investigative piece on a person who I keep seeing online promoting conspiracy theories and claiming they are Catholic. Alexis Bugnolo runs FromRome, Ordo Militaris, and Scholasticum online. The first is meant to be a news site, […]
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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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St. Isidore of Seville is NOT the Patron Saint of the Internet
When I wrote on soon to be Blessed Carlo Acutis, I got the same reply from many. I titled my article, “Patron Saint of the Internet? Carlo Acutis to Be Beatified.” Many objected that Isidore of Seville was actually the […]
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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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We Must Explain Why Contraception is Wrong
This is possibly the most confusing Catholic teaching. I point out how even historically we have failed to explain it, followed by a discussion of some good arguments against it. I take my three principle arguments from a thick book […]
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Amoris Laetitia: A Complete Guide for Chapter VIII on Communion
I wrote a lot on Amoris Laetitia. Rather than copying each article here from Patheos, I decided to copy my guide that links to all my articles. Ever since Amoris Laetitia came out, there has been confusion about how to interpret chapter […]
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