essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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03, 2024
Revisiting the Idea of Truth
"Truth" has always been one of the most important words in the dictionary. Unfortunately, it is greatly misunderstood today, and [...]
2
03, 2024
The Issue of Women Deacons, Part 2
Part 1 of this essay explained the continuing controversy over whether the Catholic church should allow women to serve as [...]
24
02, 2024
The Issue of Women Deacons
The Catholic hierarchy's recent uproar over the idea of women deacons seems as intense as their uproar over blessing gay [...]
10
02, 2024
How to End America’s Decline
By now most Americans understand that the country is not only in decline, but that the situation is worsening. Economic, [...]
3
02, 2024
Catholicism’s Unfortunate Embrace of Social Justice
Although the term "justice" has been in use for thousands of years, "social justice" was coined in the late 1800s [...]
28
01, 2024
American Catholics and Social Justice, Revisited
“Social justice” is at the center of most political activism in contemporary America. It has provided arguments for the expansion [...]
13
01, 2024
Sermons to Reverse America’s Decline, Part 2
The decline of America has been underway for decades and has dramatically increased in recent years. Signs of it are [...]
6
01, 2024
Sermons to Reverse America’s Decline
I recently wrote that for many decades politicians have used "Separation of Church and State" to intimidate the clergy to [...]
27
12, 2023
Can the Church Help Restore America’s Values?
In a recent essay I explained that America's intellectual and moral decline can be reversed by restoring the ideas and [...]
15
12, 2023
Retracing the Steps in America’s Decline
The decline of America is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years it has become clearer. Though its most [...]