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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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Pope Francis’ Message to a Struggling World

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 16:46:11 +0000

Pope Francis’ new book, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, was published on December 1, 2020. The publisher called the book, co-authored by Francis’ biographer Austen Ivereigh, “an epiphany” and “a call to arms” and noted that it “offers a brilliant, scathing critique of the systems and ideologies that conspired to produce the [...]

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Have the Shepherds Abandoned the Sheep?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:47:52 +0000

The sheep and shepherds metaphor is a central one in Christianity. It is found in both the Old Testament and the New: “Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, (Isa. 40:11),” “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want . . . He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake (Ps. 23:1-6).” And Christ said of Himself, “I [...]

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Taking a Knee . . . for What?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:34:45 +0000

The NFL kneeling syndrome is no longer on the front pages. It has been displaced by the hurricanes and the Las Vegas massacre. But before it is forgotten, we need to examine it closely and identify the lessons it holds for us. Sparked by Colin Kaepernick’s example a year earlier, the kneeling behavior spread to [...]

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Trump’s Christianity . . . and America’s

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:10:37 +0000

Donald Trump says he is a Christian—more specifically, a Presbyterian. Should we believe him? Our first answer may be, “We can’t read his mind and heart, so charity demands we take him at his word.” But a more thoughtful response would be, “It depends on whether he speaks and acts in a way that is [...]

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