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The Challenge of Restoring Harmony

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 14:04:00 +0000

For several years Democrats have warned that Republicans would refuse to accept the outcome of the 2024 election and behave responsibly. Now that the election has come and gone, that warning has proved prophetic. But, wonder of wonders, the resisters have turned out to be the Democrats themselves! The governors of Illinois, Massachusetts, and California [...]

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A Worthy New Year’s Resolution

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:53:00 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI died in December 2022; Queen Elizabeth, a few months earlier. Not only were both mourned throughout the world; both were treated kindly by most commentators. This was hardly surprising. For centuries, the custom has been to speak kindly of the departed, largely because in death they are no longer able to defend [...]

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Restoring Civil Discourse

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:03:58 +0000

Civil discourse is defined as “a conversation intended to exchange ideas for the purpose of advancing the participants’ pursuit of the truth about the subject under discussion.” Unfortunately, contemporary discourse falls far below this standard. It might in many cases be described as “demanding that others either embrace a view different from their own or [...]

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A Reflection on Unity and Disunity

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 04 May 2019 14:28:09 +0000

I recently wrote an essay entitled “What Catholics Can Learn From Buddhists.” A reader responded by stating that Jesus is his “everything,” the “servants of Satan” aim to mislead us, “love and truth” lead to unity whereas falsehood leads to disunity, and thus Buddhists have nothing of value to offer Catholics. That was essentially it. [...]

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The Roots of Divisiveness

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:09:12 +0000

Divisiveness means “tending to cause disagreement or dissension.” The word is interesting because it illustrates the very condition it describes—people can’t agree on how to pronounce it! Lately, there has been much blather about the condition, particularly concerning politics, but most of it boils down to “the other guys started it.” I believe the condition [...]

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