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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 moreThis is a point of charity that many miss, so I wrote about it: When I have posted about autism, I occasionally have had an argument about terminology. I am autistic. Occasionally a concerned person will tell me that I […]
Read moreThis is a YouTube viedo on sensory issues at Mass, with a blog post summarizing it on Patheos. Following in my series of videos on autism and Catholicism, today I address issues surrounding Mass. The experience of Mass can be […]
Read moreThere is a popular priest who is saying horrendous things about autism and autistics, so I wrote about him. I’m surprised I need to say that autism is not due to parental sin. However, a Catholic priest from India has […]
Read moreRecently, a hospital in Catholic Canada was forced to start doing euthanasia assessments. They will perform the euthanasia itself next door. I have visited this hospital once back in the 90s. My great aunt was a sister in the community […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreFollowing the post I made recently on explaining contraception, I follow up with one way I think that we can do this effectively. In the past, pastors would often ask visiting preachers to talk about the tough moral issues during […]
Read moreIt should be obvious that every child can receive Communion, but I explain why it is so in this video and in a post with citations: I have my notes (almost a transcript) in a post on Patheos. It begins: […]
Read moreI posted an article over on the National Catholic Register about whether women could be priests: Last week, La Croix carried a story about Sr. Ruth Schönenberger wanting female priests. She explains, “It is surely only natural for women to be priests and I […]
Read moreSo, I made this public today: I’m autistic. I posted a transcript about being autistic on Patheos. Today, on World Autism Awareness Day, I decided to come forward about being autistic. Below is the transcript for this video for those […]
Read moreI 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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