Priest, Religious, Moral Theologian, Bioethicist, Autistic, Writer, Podcaster, Social Media Guru, etc.
As many of you know, I was one of two keynote speakers at “Gathered as One Body: Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion in the Orthodox Church,” a large conference by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute and the GOA (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of […]
Read moreI recently wrote on the Catholic Stand about the wider consequences of the debate around aborting those with Down Syndrome. Iceland aborts about 98% of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome and averages under 2 babies born with Down’s a […]
Read moreI wrote a review of “Why I am Catholic?” by Brandon Vogt for Aleteia. When I was in my teens and 20s I loved apologetics books. I loved learning all these scriptural zingers to hit Protestants with. It made me […]
Read moreI wrote on Crux about the current debate regarding the value of the words of cradle Catholics and converts. One aspect of genius in Catholicism is its universality. Often, we think about this when we consider how the Catholic Church […]
Read moreI wrote an article on evangelizing online on Homiletic & Pastoral Review about how to evangelize online. The Internet has now opened up as a wide field for our evangelization. Much of the cultural interchange now takes place via such electronic […]
Read moreI wrote a few ideas on how we can better deal with suicide earlier this week. We might think we’re among the compassionate ones. But are we really? I was speaking recently to a young woman whose friend had taken […]
Read moreI wrote a piece comparing Catholic institutions’ response to dissent vs. secular institutions’ response to Catholicism on Catholic Stand. Paul Griffiths is an expert on Catholic thought, holding the Warren Professor of Catholic thought at Duke Divinity School but this past […]
Read moreCard. Müller came out strongly in support of reading Amoris Laetitia last week so I summarized it and commented. On Thursday of last week, Cardinal Gerhard Müller continued his defense of an orthodox reading of Amoris Laeitia in the most forceful […]
Read moreAn article I wrote a while back was finally published by Crux today. I recently had a hernia operation and was given a week’s worth of opioid painkillers for afterwards. Recovering from surgery, and dealing with the pain and discomfort […]
Read moreA story I found and covered on Crux. Simon Salinas heard that a tornado had destroyed his parish church, and knew he had to help. He was with his sister and her critically ill father-in-law in her home during the […]
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