essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
The Gospel Message and the U.S. Border Crisis
When two nuns who work with illegal immigrants were accused of "exacerbating the border crisis,” they responded as follows:“It is [...]
In Part 1 of this essay, I noted that the Catholic hierarchy is attempting to straddle two incompatible views: the modern pagan view [...]
Original Sin as depicted by Brueghel and Rubens Whatever happened to sin? For the answer to this perplexing [...]
In recent decades, the study of history has lost its former place of honor in U.S. education. That is unfortunate, [...]
Several centuries ago Francis Bacon (1521-1626) offered this sage advice on thought and discussion: “Read not to contradict and confute; [...]
In February, 2023 in the midst of a variety of troubling events in the nation and the world, a group [...]
“Why?” “What could possibly explain this behavior?” “How did we get to this state of affairs?” These questions and a [...]
Bust of Socrates In the late 1980s I was invited to Singapore to help their Curriculum Development Institute [...]
The concept of academic freedom is centuries old and has been modified over time. Since 1940 it has had these [...]
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1971) is best remembered for his incisive and witty television presentations, but he was also a [...]