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The Nearsighted Shepherd, Part 3

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 14:44:32 +0000

A Guide to Improving Shepherding Part 1 showed how the Bishops’ championing of Muslim migration and support of the foes of American democracy advance Political Correctness more than Gospel. Part 2 demonstrated that their treatment of the U.S. border issue focuses almost exclusively on illegals and ignores the impact of illegal immigration on American citizens, including their congregations. [...]

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The Nearsighted Shepherd, Part 2

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:40:52 +0000

Part I of this essay introduced the fable of the Nearsighted Shepherd and likened his situation to that of the Catholic Bishops (USCCB) whose attention has inexplicably wandered from tending their own flocks to tending Muslim flocks. Part 2 examines a similar dereliction of responsibility—the Bishops' focusing more attention on illegal immigrants than on their own [...]

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The Nearsighted Shepherd

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 19:28:45 +0000

A Cautionary Fable Once upon a time, there was a nearsighted shepherd who mistook another flock for his own and began tending them. That flock’s shepherd at first felt offended, but then realized that if the other shepherd did his work, he wouldn’t have to. So he said nothing and walked away to enjoy his [...]

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