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How A Single Conflict Can Impact Religion

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:51:04 +0000

Three millennia ago, an astounding physical conflict took place in the Middle East. A giant Philistine named Goliath challenged a young Israel shepherd boy named David to battle. Goliath stood 9 feet 9 inches tall and was an experienced warrior. David was a young shepherd with no fighting skill and no weapon other than a [...]

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Why Defrocking Is Not the Answer

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:59:51 +0000

I have written before concerning Pope Francis' contempt for conservative Catholics. One such example of that contempt was his statement that "in the United States . . . there is a very strong reactionary attitude. It is organized and shapes the way people belong, even emotionally. I would like to remind those people that being [...]

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Pope Francis’ View of Conservative Catholics

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:05:03 +0000

In a conversation with Jesuit priests and students in Portugal on August 28, 2023, Pope Francis answered a number of questions asked by attendees. Several of his answers deserve close evaluation. (It should be noted that The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops published a summary of these ideas without comment.) One significant answer Pope Francis gave [...]

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Pope Francis Offers Guidance

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 15:26:46 +0000

On November 22 five staff from America Magazine, two Jesuits and three laypeople, interviewed Pope Francis on topics ranging from polarization in the U.S. church to racism, the war in Ukraine, the Vatican’s relations with China, and church teaching on the ordination of women. I read the Pontiff’s responses with awareness of the difficulty of [...]

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Misrepresenting Catholic Teaching

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 14:23:56 +0000

I recently expressed concern about the Catholic hierarchy’s troubling stance on homosexuality. Another statement by Pope Francis unfortunately increases rather than diminishes that concern. The statement was written in support of Jesuit father James Martin’s LGBT parish ministry, an effort designed “to help LGBT Catholics know that God loves them, that they are at the [...]

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