Category: Social Media

Catholic Media: Fides Quarens Rem Publicam

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Catholic media is part of the Church. It is often where those both inside and outside the Church get their information. This media tells what is happening in the Church and/or what the Catholic view about public events is. But […]

Suing Social Media for Addiction?

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

It is almost a joke that many have social media addiction today. Tons of people seem to have at least a low-level and manageable addiction. Now we need to raise questions about the ethical and legal responsibilities of social media […]

Privacy & Social Media on the Ethics and Culture Cast

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

Back in November, I was at the de Nicola Center’s annual Fall Conference at Nore Dame. I presented on human dignity and privacy focusing on the social encyclicals, Alan Westin, and John Paul II. Ken Hallenius, one of the people working […]

“Distractions” and Priestly Fidelity

July 26, 2021December 3, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

One line in the USCCB statement on Msgr. Burril’s resignation made me wonder, so I wrote something. One line from the USCCB’s statement on Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill’s resignation has bothered me: they state he is resigning “in order to avoid becoming a […]

Issues with (Br) Alexis Bugnolo, Ordo Militaris & FromRome

March 26, 2021December 1, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

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, […]

Examples of less remote cooperation in evil (all public domain from pixabay and unsplash)

12 Things Less-Remote Cooperation in Evil Than COVID Vaccines

December 18, 2020December 3, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

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 […]

Patron Saint of the Internet? Carlo Acutis to Be Beatified

February 22, 2020December 1, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

I think Carlo Acutis should be formally named the patron saint of the internet. I wrote about it when his beatification was announced. Ven. Carlo Acutis is the ideal candidate for the patron saint of the internet. He created a […]

Evangelizing Social Media: a 4-Part Series

August 1, 2018December 1, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

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 […]