essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
3
12, 2022
Pope Francis Offers Guidance
On November 22 five staff from America Magazine, two Jesuits and three laypeople, interviewed Pope Francis on topics ranging from [...]
26
11, 2022
The Gift of Truth
We humans are wonderful creatures, yet we have significant limitations. We can be either in this location or that one, [...]
19
11, 2022
Catholic Bishops and Leadership
A recent study revealed that half the diocesan priests in the U.S. are experiencing significant burnout. The researchers found that [...]
5
11, 2022
What Would Satan Do?
I know, I know . . . Modern “with-it” people don’t believe that Satan exists, let alone has any influence [...]
28
10, 2022
Seeing Our Human Nature More Clearly
Rodin's The Thinker The Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796) wrote the following verse, expressed here in English prose: “O, [...]
24
09, 2022
Jesuits’ View on Immigration Morality
At the end of the summer of 2022, Governors Abbott of Texas and DeSantis of Florida transported migrants to New [...]
17
09, 2022
The Whatever School of Morality, Part 2
Part 1 of this essay explained that WhateverMorality is the belief that good and evil, right and wrong, are whatever [...]
3
09, 2022
The Morality of Forgiving Student Loan Debt
President Biden’s plan to forgive student loans has prompted a national discussion, and the Jesuit publication America Magazine has offered its [...]
18
08, 2022
The Inflation of Infallibility
-----------Carl Rogers---------- My recent essay on the doctrine of Papal Infallibility showed that many popes were mistaken about [...]
13
08, 2022
The Befuddling Concept of Infallibility
Catholicism is the only religion that formally claims infallibility for its leaders. Infallibility is defined as being "exempt from error [...]