articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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09, 2020
The Validity of Baptism
Was your baptism valid? The question is not an idle one, as Father Matthew Hood, a young priest in the [...]
29
08, 2020
Do Catholics Really Need Shorter Sermons?
I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone applied the fast food concept to religion. Well, that [...]
8
08, 2020
Six Sermons I’d Like to Hear
In Catholicism the Liturgy of the Eucharist has been more central to the Mass than the Liturgy of the Word. [...]
11
07, 2020
Catholicism: Can the Decline Be Reversed?
That the Catholic Church has been losing numbers for decades has been well established. Why the loss has occurred, however, [...]
30
05, 2020
Advice to a Disenchanted Catholic
A reader recently offered this (paraphrased) comment on an essay of mine: “Your essay and others like it leave me [...]
29
02, 2020
Tribute to “The Little Poor One,” St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi, Stained Glass Window. Slovenia Many have believed that St. Francis of Assisi lived [...]
9
02, 2020
Renewing Catholic Respect for Reason
Rodin's The Thinker I recently noted that though the Catholic Church was once Reason’s greatest champion, in recent [...]
25
01, 2020
The Mother of All Sins
Théodore Géricault, Portrait of Envious Woman It is often said that the father of all sins is [...]
18
01, 2020
The Catholic View of Faith and Reason
For centuries many people have considered faith and reason mutually exclusive rather than complementary. This notion has led many non-religious [...]
11
01, 2020
The Communion of Saints
The phrase “the Communion of Saints” is very familiar to Catholics, especially older ones, because it is in the Apostles’ [...]