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Eli’s Quiet Friend is one of the first children’s books linking autism and Catholicism. As an autistic, I often like the quiet of adoration for praying and I know many fellow autistics do as well. This book brings autistic prayer […]
Read moreSeveral 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 […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreI 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 […]
Read moreWhen 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 […]
Read moreAfter COVID, hit and parishes were not having public Mass, some wondered about the prudence of this. I gave a few cases showing why in a post. If anyone still questions why Catholic churches have suspended public Masses? It’s because […]
Read moreI wrote a clarification of terminology when public Mass was temporarily suspended due to the pandemic. I’ve seen several posts indicating Masses are canceled due to coronavirus. That is simply not true. Public Masses have been suspended so priests are […]
Read moreRight 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 […]
Read moreI wrote about a tough situation where miscommunication lead to a child being denied first Communion. Earlier this week a non-verbal autistic child was denied registration for First Communion at a parish in New Jersey. Now the story has exploded […]
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