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The Catholic Church and the 2024 Election

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:35:25 +0000

The 2024 presidential election was admirably carried out. Around the nation crowds of voters waited patiently and politely, often in long lines, to add their ballots to those submitted by mail. Observers commented that there seemed to be a strong sense of purpose at work, and the election results proved them right. A majority of [...]

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The Catholic Hierarchy and the Mideast Conflict

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 14:26:02 +0000

"The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away--and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for [...]

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Restoring Catholic Wisdom, Part 3

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 19:39:27 +0000

Part 1 of this essay argued that the Catholic Church desperately needs to renew its historic teachings, and the Bishops and Cardinals need to lead the effort with the help of informed laypeople. Part 2 explained why the teachings must be presented both from the pulpit and in the marketplaces of ideas, and not just [...]

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Catholic Bishops and Leadership

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:31:12 +0000

A recent study revealed that half the diocesan priests in the U.S. are experiencing significant burnout. The researchers found that the “major factor” for this is the low “level of trust between a priest and his bishop.“ When asked whom they turn to for “social support,” most priests cited “lay friends, family and parishioners” rather [...]

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The Catholic Hierarchy’s Embrace of Homosexuality

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 18:41:14 +0000

On the matter of homosexuality or, LBGTI+ as it is fashionably known, the Catholic hierarchy have been at least disingenuous and at most dishonest. The troubling result has been confusion and concern among the people they have been anointed to guide in learning and practicing the Catholic faith. For centuries, the Church has taught that [...]

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