Catechism Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/catechism/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:45:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Catechism Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/catechism/ 32 32 The Catholic View of Faith and Reason https://mind-at-work.com/the-catholic-view-of-faith-and-reason/ Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:45:18 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=3728 For centuries many people have considered faith and reason mutually exclusive rather than complementary. This notion has led many non-religious people to dismiss faith as blind, irrational, and superstitious. The same notion has led many religious people to dismiss reason as incompatible with faith, or even subversive of it. The Catholic Church has never been dismissive of [...]

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]]> The Catechism on the Death Penalty https://mind-at-work.com/the-catechism-on-the-death-penalty/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:22:44 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2828 The Catechism of the Catholic Church has recently revised its teaching on capital punishment (section 2267). The new section, approved by Pope Francis, replaces the section written by Pope John Paul II. The following excerpts illustrate the main differences. Pope John Paul II: The Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is [...]

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