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Tracing the Jesuits’ Decline

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 16:31:12 +0000

Shortly after publishing an essay lamenting the Jesuits' Magazine America's embrace of Wokeism, I read a prominent Jesuit's article lamenting the fact that the entire Jesuit order is in "profound decline." Many Catholic readers will no doubt find his article even more disturbing than mine. As it that were not enough, there are even wider [...]

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Catholicism’s Unfortunate Embrace of Social Justice

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 13:41:20 +0000

Although the term "justice" has been in use for thousands of years, "social justice" was coined in the late 1800s and became prominent in the 20th century. Catholic bishops, including Pope John XXIII, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have embraced it as a means of helping the poor. [...]

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American Catholics and Social Justice, Revisited

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:26:29 +0000

“Social justice” is at the center of most political activism in contemporary America. It has provided arguments for the expansion of entitlement programs, for making the affluent “pay their fair share,” and more generally for “redistributing wealth.” It has also become the rallying cry for demonstrations and encampments such as Occupy Wall Street. Liberals tend to [...]

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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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