articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
From “Bronx Cheer” to Rousing “Bravo”
The “Bronx cheer,” as every New Yorker knows, is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing in [...]
articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
The “Bronx cheer,” as every New Yorker knows, is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing in [...]
In modern Catholicism, the term “theology” is often linked to Church doctrine, much of which is regarded as definitive, and [...]
In 1223 in the Italian town of Grecio, the crèche was first displayed by the man who, it is said, [...]
In the minds of many, including Catholic leaders, the Church’s sex scandal is a closed matter. They reason that the [...]
Special days of thanksgiving existed in earlier cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and ancient Jewish, yet we Americans are more [...]
I recently attended a lay forum at a local Catholic parish and found what one might expect—a mixture of heartache, [...]
Original Sin as depicted by Brueghel and Rubens In a recent essay I noted that, while allegedly [...]
The two greatest Catholic sins of our time are the disgusting sexual abuse of our young people by priests and [...]
The story of Catholic priests and sex abuse is back in the news and it is no less painful for [...]
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has recently revised its teaching on capital punishment (section 2267). The new section, approved [...]