articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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 [...]
articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
A recent study revealed that half the diocesan priests in the U.S. are experiencing significant burnout. The researchers found that [...]
President Biden’s plan to forgive student loans has prompted a national discussion, and the Jesuit publication America Magazine has offered its [...]
Catholicism is the only religion that formally claims infallibility for its leaders. Infallibility is defined as being "exempt from error [...]
I recently expressed concern about the Catholic hierarchy’s troubling stance on homosexuality. Another statement by Pope Francis unfortunately increases rather [...]
On the matter of homosexuality or, LBGTI+ as it is fashionably known, the Catholic hierarchy have been at least disingenuous [...]
The Shepherd metaphor is one of the clearest and most vivid in all of Scripture and not surprisingly was adopted [...]
Bishop Howard Hubbard In a court deposition, Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard, Diocese of Albany NY, has admitted [...]
St. Augustine of Hippo Part 1 explained that Catholic teaching on contraception, and indeed its larger teaching on marriage, [...]
At a time when relativism has undermined the idea of objective truth, both philosophy and religion are challenged more than [...]
As I noted in “Overcoming Our Social Chaos” and “A Layman’s Memo to Catholic Prelates” the future of both Catholic [...]