Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Jesus Does Not Follow the Science

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture, Oct 07, 2024

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington who has also served as a financial administrator in the Diocese of Lincoln. Trained in business and accounting, he also holds a Master of Divinity and a Master’s in moral theology. Father Pokorsky co-founded both CREDO and Adoremus, two organizations deeply engaged in authentic liturgical renewal. He writes regularly for a number of Catholic websites and magazines.

Patients use Internet medical portals to make appointments, ask questions of medical personnel, and check laboratory results. But do the medical portal masters follow the science?

The portal masters now ask: What was your sex assigned at birth? (Me: “I don’t remember.”) What are your preferred pronouns? (Me: “Huh? Your Highness?”) Upload a picture of yourself. (I uploaded a picture of my dog.) The portal masters accepted the image without question, so the algorithm recognized my self-identification as a dog. I was horrified. Many medical folks don’t follow the science.

When I went to the non-Catholic doctor for treatment, he was understandably curious (with a hint of skepticism) about his new priest-patient. A priest learns that he is often a curiosity piece, for better or worse. The doctor was particularly interested in Confession….

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