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The Validity of Baptism

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 14:54:58 +0000

Was your baptism valid? The question is not an idle one, as Father Matthew Hood, a young priest in the Archdiocese of Detroit, will attest. After reading a statement on baptism from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (VCDF), Father Hood looked into his own baptism performed thirty years earlier, and discovered [...]

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The Relationship Between Theology and Logic

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:49:05 +0000

In modern Catholicism, the term “theology” is often linked to Church doctrine, much of which is regarded as definitive, and even infallible, and thus not open to question. That linkage has inclined the hierarchy to be averse to dialogue, to expect even those highly trained in theology to agree with them, and to dismiss those [...]

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Condescension and Religion

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:14:25 +0000

I used to think the mocking expression Nyeah, nyeah children repeat in a lilting chant was an English language phenomenon, until I heard children chanting it in Spanish some years ago in the Mediterranean town of Torremolinos. I learned later that it is common in many other languages, as well. Nyeah, Nyeah is a childish [...]

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