David Dashiell is a freelance author and editor in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and two children. He has a master’s degree in theology from Franciscan University, and is the editor of the anthology, Ever Ancient, Ever New: Why Younger Generations Are Embracing Traditional Catholicism.
Author: David Dashiell
Trads Must Use Honey, Not Vinegar
In the wake on the motu proprio and the Responsa ad dubia, the eyes of the Church are fixed on those who attend the Latin Mass. This attention is coming at the same time as a book of mine is …
With Sober Insanity, Stand Up for the Catholic Faith
In the past year, I’ve made some surprising decisions. My wife and I decided to have our daughter born at home. More recently, I have been reorganizing my life around the carnivore diet, eating only animal products. Each of these …
Can Doctrine Change? It Depends on Your Perspective
This is the second of two related articles on whether doctrine can change. In the second, we explore doctrine in the broad sense, as “Church teaching.” Can doctrine change? Depending on whom you ask, you will get a different answer. …
Can Doctrine Change? Not Strictly
This is the first of two related articles on whether doctrine can change. In the first, we examine doctrine from the strict point of view, side by side with dogma. What does the Church really teach? Since Pope John Paul …
Criticizing the Pope: Be Courageous and Also Charitable
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols” (1 Jn. 5:20–21). “For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils; but the Lord made the heavens” (Psalm 96:5). Recently, these verses were cited in a homily by a priest at my local …
In Defense of Rigidity
“Clericalism has a direct consequence in rigidity. Have you never seen young priests all stiff in black cassocks and hats in the shape of the planet Saturn on their heads? Behind all the rigid clericalism there are serious problems.” —Pope …