articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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01, 2020
On Remaining Catholic
A few mornings ago, while enjoying my morning swim, I noticed a small bird sitting atop a tall palm tree. [...]
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12, 2019
The Catholic Church and Women
For Catholics, as well as Jews and other Christians, the story of man’s relationship with woman begins in the Book [...]
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11, 2019
Denying Communion to Joe Biden, Part 3
The Cushing principle discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this essay—that expressing one’s beliefs in the public square [...]
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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 [...]