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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Evangelizing Social Media: a 4-Part Series
I did a 4-part series on online evangelization. It might be helpful for some Part 1: Fundamental Principles of Social Media People have asked me for a long time to help with their social media. Many people asked assuming there […]
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The 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 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 […]
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