articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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11, 2018
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Special days of thanksgiving existed in earlier cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and ancient Jewish, yet we Americans are more [...]
17
10, 2018
Catholic Responses to the Abuse Scandal
I recently attended a lay forum at a local Catholic parish and found what one might expect—a mixture of heartache, [...]
4
09, 2018
Celibacy, Sexual Abuse, and the Denigration of Women
Original Sin as depicted by Brueghel and Rubens In a recent essay I noted that, while allegedly [...]
30
08, 2018
Abusers, Enablers, and Jesus, Part 2
The two greatest Catholic sins of our time are the disgusting sexual abuse of our young people by priests and [...]
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08, 2018
Abusers, Enablers, and Jesus
The story of Catholic priests and sex abuse is back in the news and it is no less painful for [...]
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08, 2018
The Catechism on the Death Penalty
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has recently revised its teaching on capital punishment (section 2267). The new section, approved [...]
2
08, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation, Part 4
Part 1 documented that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” has been a consistent Catholic teaching. Part 2 examined the current confusion [...]
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07, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation, Part 3
Part 1 documented that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” has been a consistent Catholic teaching for many centuries. Part [...]
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07, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation, Part 2
Part 1 documented that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” has been a consistent Catholic teaching for many centuries. [...]
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07, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation
Some years ago a close friend told me of an experience she had in the early 1950s. A recent convert [...]