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Does U.S. Border Policy Violate Catholic Teaching?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:29:16 +0000

I recently read an article in the Jesuit magazine America titled “Biden, Benedict and Immigration: How U.S. Border Policy Violates Catholic Teaching.” Knowing that (1) the Jesuits have long been considered to be among intellectual leaders of the Catholic church, (2) the article cited Popes John Paul and Benedict in support of its thesis, and [...]

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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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A New Catholic View on Homosexuality?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 20:53:47 +0000

In the past, Munich's Cardinal Reinhard Marx has given his blessing to same-sex couples. Now he is going a step beyond that and publicly advocating that the Catholic Church change its teaching on homosexuality. Doing so, in his view, would be “taking the Church forward” and making it more “inclusive.” He goes on to say: [...]

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The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 4

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:57:28 +0000

Part 1 explained that Catholic teaching on contraception, and its larger teaching on marriage, were based on St. Augustine of Hippo’s experience with Manichaeism. In the 1960s, there was cause for hope that Augustine’s influence would be overcome. Part 2 explained how that hope was dashed. Part 3 discussed why the Catholic hierarchy have continued to remain silent about the division caused by [...]

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The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 1

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:26:10 +0000

At a time when relativism has undermined the idea of objective truth, both philosophy and religion are challenged more than ever to defend the insights of reason and faith. Yet at the same time prudence continues to require examining, with courage and humility, any area in which the traditional view may have been mistaken. There [...]

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