articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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11, 2019
Denying Communion to Joe Biden, Part 2
Richard Cardinal Cushing Part 1 of this essay argued that the denial of communion to Joe Biden was [...]
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11, 2019
Denying Communion to Joe Biden
In the midst of his campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination, former Vice-President Joe Biden was denied Holy Communion by [...]
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10, 2019
Does Prayer Really Matter?
The subject of the homily in a Church near my own parish was prayer. The homilist declared that praying for [...]
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09, 2019
The Nearsighted Shepherd, Part 3
A Guide to Improving Shepherding Part 1 showed how the Bishops’ championing of Muslim migration and support of the foes of American democracy [...]
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09, 2019
The Nearsighted Shepherd, Part 2
Part I of this essay introduced the fable of the Nearsighted Shepherd and likened his situation to that of the [...]
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08, 2019
The Nearsighted Shepherd
A Cautionary Fable Once upon a time, there was a nearsighted shepherd who mistook another flock for his own and [...]
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08, 2019
Have the Shepherds Abandoned the Sheep?
The sheep and shepherds metaphor is a central one in Christianity. It is found in both the Old Testament and [...]
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05, 2019
Pope Benedict on Sex Abuse
Pope Benedict’s recent essay on the Church’s sex-abuse scandal begins by clarifying the cultural context in which the sex-abuse scandal [...]
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05, 2019
A Reflection on Unity and Disunity
I recently wrote an essay entitled “What Catholics Can Learn From Buddhists.” A reader responded by stating that Jesus is [...]
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04, 2019
What Catholics Can Learn from Buddhists
For centuries Catholics were discouraged, and even forbidden, from reading non-Catholic works lest their faith be undermined. Such precautions were [...]