essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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01, 2021
The Devil Was in the Election Details
The scene is a college gymnasium. The visiting team is ahead by ten points with three seconds to play. The home [...]
2
01, 2021
Jesuit Pontificating on the Election
Each member of the Society of Jesus completes between eight and seventeen years of advanced education. Not surprisingly, Jesuits were [...]
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12, 2020
Why Catholics Venerate Mary
At this time of year, every Christian’s thoughts turn to the beginning of what is known as “The Greatest Story [...]
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12, 2020
The Victims of Hatred
I recently examined the source of the hatred that has metastasized in America in recent years, and I found it [...]
12
12, 2020
The Source Of Americans’ Hatred
Why is there so much hatred in America today? The main cause, I submit, is that the communications media have [...]
5
12, 2020
Pope Francis’ Message to a Struggling World
Pope Francis’ new book, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, was published on December 1, 2020. The publisher [...]
21
11, 2020
The Root Cause of Our Division
There is a lot of talk these days about ending the division in the United States. People on both sides [...]
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11, 2020
Canonizing Joe Biden
Canonizing Joe Biden? I know my Republican friends will think this is a misprint. A week or so ago I [...]
7
11, 2020
Anatomy of a Bizarre Election
The 2020 election results won't be final until the ballot challenges and court cases are decided, and the process could [...]
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10, 2020
Pope Francis’ Curious Encyclical, Part 2
Summary of Part 1: In Rerum Novarum (1891) Pope Leo XIII wrote: “The first and most fundamental principle . . . if [...]