essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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06, 2023
Self-Love Minus Guilt Equals Chaos
Several decades ago the word "guilt" fell out of use, as did its companions “remorse" and "repentance." All three words, [...]
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06, 2023
Restoring Catholic Wisdom, Part 3
Part 1 of this essay argued that the Catholic Church desperately needs to renew its historic teachings, and the Bishops [...]
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05, 2023
Restoring Catholic Wisdom, Part 2
In Part 1 I argued that the Catholic Church desperately needs to renew its historic teachings, and the Bishops and [...]
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05, 2023
Is Donald Trump the Best Republican Candidate for 2024?
This question is both important and difficult. Important because the answer could affect the fate of the country. Difficult because [...]
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04, 2023
Restoring Catholic Wisdom
It remains a common assumption that individuals who went to Catholic Colleges are much more informed about their faith than [...]
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04, 2023
Will the Catholic Synod Achieve Its Goals?
Many readers may be unfamiliar with both the term "Synod" and the reality currently underway in the Church. The term [...]
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04, 2023
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 [...]
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04, 2023
Whatever Happened to Sin? Part 2
In Part 1 of this essay, I noted that the Catholic hierarchy is attempting to straddle two incompatible views: the modern pagan view [...]
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03, 2023
Whatever Happened to Sin?
Original Sin as depicted by Brueghel and Rubens Whatever happened to sin? For the answer to this perplexing [...]
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03, 2023
Is Our Civilization Collapsing?
In recent decades, the study of history has lost its former place of honor in U.S. education. That is unfortunate, [...]