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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 moreThe turning point in a big case happened. I shared the news with a little analysis. Today, Mr. Theodore McCarrick is no longer a cleric: he has no right to celebrate any of the sacraments and cannot present himself as […]
Read moreThis is an important point that is not seen by many. I wrote about it: This week, Francis spoke to Italian pro-life leaders. In his speech, he spoke about being pro-life as a prerequisite for being pro-justice, pro-human-rights, etc. Here are […]
Read moreWhy do certain German bishops keep proposing things contrary to the faith? One proposed something that is impossible about homosexuality. Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen recently wrote an essay titled “Overcoming prejudices: The Catholic Church must change its view of homosexuality.” Although well-intentioned, […]
Read moreI did my annual post of the best signs at the March for Life. You can see a whole bunch of photos with tweets on my Patheos post, but the tweet / image that won the day was definitely this […]
Read moreI feel really sad for these cases, but I think this case needs to be covered so people are not confused by him and so people can see how the Church does all she can. Here’s what I said: Fr. […]
Read morePope Francis has affirmed the Immaculate Conception many times but one line he said was misinterpreted to argue the opposite. I respond with my regular clarity. It’s crazy what gets spread online today. One website was posting that Pope Francis […]
Read moreI did a simple mental exercise of analyzing the Popes in Thomas More’s lifetime: Sometimes we might see corruption in the Church: often we hear accusations but we don’t know if they are true. Where can we look for how […]
Read moreAlthough Stephen Hawking is an atheist. His attack on God would seem to exclude almost every conception of God but not exclude the Christian God. I wrote about this: There are many different views of God. Hawking tries to argue […]
Read moreSome people seem to want to just find something wrong with Pope Francis. I wrote about one example: This week Pope Francis wore a cross that had multiple colors on it that appear somewhat like a rainbow. Several traditional-minded Catholics […]
Read moreHere’s an example of people trying to make a huge deal about something that is almost nothing. He gave an orthodox spontaneous blessing over the normal formula. I wrote a bit: Yesterday, Pope Francis was in Palermo. After one of […]
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