Fr. Matthew LC on the Crab & the Cross
I was recently on a podcast called The Crab and the Cross. We recorded the podcast back in early November, so you can hear me talk about recently being on At Home with Jim and Joy on EWTN. But it […]
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I was recently on a podcast called The Crab and the Cross. We recorded the podcast back in early November, so you can hear me talk about recently being on At Home with Jim and Joy on EWTN. But it […]
Read moreWe know that the main cause of autism is genetics, with exact percentages varying in different studies. (The evidence is strongly against the main cause being vaccines, processed food, or any such claimed causes.) However, when we look for a […]
Read moreI have advocated for every diocese to offer at least one sensory-friendly Mass so autistics who otherwise struggle to get to Mass can do so. Crisis carried a piece by Greg Cook today on a bunch of things around autism. […]
Read moreI was not able to go up to DC to attend the March for Life as I have in past years. However, I searched Twitter for the best signs and want to share them with you. This has been a […]
Read morePlough, a publisher of thoughtful articles on Christian life, has a review of my book under their “Editors’ Picks” series. Most of the previous reviews have been from explicitly Catholic sources, while this is a more general Christian source (it […]
Read moreBrian T. Olszewski of Catholic News Service recently posted a review of my book: God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us. He generally liked it but had one criticism that […]
Read moreSince the laicization of Frank Pavone, I have wanted a timeline from some official or semi-official source. None has been forthcoming, but with the letter of bishop Zurek reported by the Pillar, a somewhat complete timeline can be constructed. This […]
Read moreBack in the spring, I posted two pieces in a series. In one, I argued that by a usual definition of “ordinary means,” widely (almost universally) recommended vaccines, including COVID vaccines, are ordinary means. In the second, I posted snippets […]
Read moreWith all the different beliefs in history, there are good reasons that science first arose in Christianity. We do not divinize the natural forces but have a God who makes the whole of creation according to rationality. Priests have repeatedly […]
Read moreThe Catholic Telegraph, the official paper for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, recently published a review of my book. I think it is one of the better reviews from a parent of an autistic child, so I want to share it […]
Read moreWe must distinguish a difference in opinion on theological, liturgical, or philosophical matters from heresy. It goes completely against charity to call someone a heretic in such cases. I see this far too much online. Often those with more study in the error are able to avoid this error of uncharity, but recently I saw several who have advanced degrees in these topics making this issue. I want to briefly point to that issue and then briefly discuss the topic more generally.
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