Priest, Religious, Moral Theologian, Bioethicist, Autistic, Writer, Social Media Guru, etc.
I have seen many people misinterpret Vatican II. I’ve heard people give diametrically opposed understandings of it. I’ve heard people embrace or reject a false image of the council. I’ve seen for years Vatican II was the most talked about […]
Read moreSome recent events and comments made me write this: Recently concerns have arisen over the bishops following historical pastoral practice and insisting that people repent before the Eucharist. Those who insist on going to Communion when they know they should […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreI 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.
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreI translated an amazing story from Spanish on Patheos: Montserrat Medina Martínez was an up-and-coming woman in Spanish business. Despite being only 36, she has gone from success to success professionally. With a scholarship from Stanford, she created a Silicon Valley startup that […]
Read moreI 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, […]
Read moreIn 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 […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreI 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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