Despite claims to the contrary from some circles, the Church has never taught that medicine being tested on fetal cell lines is a significant enough moral issue to skip that medicine. I wrote this up in a semi-academic piece that […]
Read moreCategory: Theology
What is Natural Law
This weekend, Aleteia published a piece I wrote attempting to explain natural law. I was at a theology conference so didn’t re-post it right away. This is designed to be a simple introduction for the average person as many other […]
Read moreAnti-Vaccine Catholics Break Moral Theology Principles
I posted this over at Patheos, pointing out the errors of those pushing an anti-vax position with bad theology: Basic moral theology indicates that we can, and in most cases should, use the vaccines against COVID. I have repeatedly shown […]
Read moreIssues with (Br) Alexis Bugnolo, Ordo Militaris & FromRome
I did a long-form investigative piece on a person who I keep seeing online promoting conspiracy theories and claiming they are Catholic. Alexis Bugnolo runs FromRome, Ordo Militaris, and Scholasticum online. The first is meant to be a news site, […]
Read moreFood, Shelter, and Clothing are Basic Human Rights
This is from over on Patheos about private property, theft & our duty to the common good: I am surprised how adamantly some Catholics deny that life’s necessities are human rights. However, the overwhelming evidence from the Magisterium is that […]
Read moreJohn Paul II Definitively Said “No!” to Women Priests
I 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 moreNo, Our Lord Didn’t Have “Homosexual Tendencies”
I don’t believe I need to say this, but I do: I can’t believe I have to write this. Unfortunately, some people think this is an open question or want to imply Jesus might have had same-sex attraction. The most […]
Read moreThe Pope Didn’t Deny the Immaculate Conception
Pope 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 moreStephen Hawking: Only the Christian View of God Makes Sense
Although 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 moreMaking a Mountain out of a Papal Blessing
Here’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 […]
Read more
Recent Comments