articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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01, 2016
The Unity Dilemma
Pope Francis has joined non-Catholic Christians, including Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, and Mormon, in an effort to “put aside all [...]
17
12, 2015
Overcoming Religious Triumphalism
Religious triumphalism is the conviction that one’s religious beliefs are superior to other people’s. Ironically, triumphalism violates the virtue of [...]
25
09, 2015
Pope Francis Inspires but Oversimplifies
Pope Francis’ recent messages to the U.S. Congress and to the Catholic bishops revealed his personal goodness and his deep [...]
6
08, 2015
Remembering Chesterton
An American tourist remembers seeing him standing in the doorway of a pie shop, writing a poem. At 6’2” with [...]
2
07, 2015
Pope Francis on the Care of the Earth
Pope Francis’ latest encyclical is titled Laudato Si: On the Care of Our Common Home. In it he follows the [...]
28
05, 2015
The Most Frightening Words in Scripture
The most frightening words in all of Scripture are the ones most of us repeat every day: “Forgive us our [...]
22
05, 2015
Why Catholic Numbers Are Declining
According to the latest Pew research, the American Catholic population has declined by 3 million in the last seven years. [...]
25
02, 2015
Obama’s Conflicted Faith
Is Barack Obama a Christian? His answer has consistently been, “Yes,” yet his critics continue to doubt his veracity. I believe [...]
20
02, 2015
Condescension and Religion
I used to think the mocking expression Nyeah, nyeah children repeat in a lilting chant was an English language phenomenon, [...]
11
01, 2015
“I Am Charlie”? Really?
After the French magazine Charlie Hebdo ran a series of cartoons satirizing Mohammed, the Koran, and Islamic religious leaders, Islamic [...]