On Wednesday, May 13, 1981, 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square on a warm, sunny day in Rome, eager to glimpse and greet Pope John Paul II. Suddenly, shots rang out. With his white ...
Russell Shaw, in his latest Matters of Opinion column, reviews the complications involved in the U.S. Supreme Court’s debate to decide to review the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that prohibits abortion ...
Russell Shaw looks at a report that says the COVID-19 pandemic has considerably sped up the projected decline in the Mass attendance of American Catholics. He writes: “What’s happening is no mystery. As churches closed ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes: “Midpoint in Lent is a great time to pause and take stock. Most of us probably started Lent with a bang, filled with determination to make good ...
Contributing editor Russell Shaw explores the ongoing Synodal Path being undertaken by Church authorities in Germany. Shaw writes: “As in several other churches, synods have existed in the Catholic Church for a long time. … ...
In the introduction to his powerful new book, “Things Worth Dying For,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput states its challenge bluntly: Are we — today’s Christians — prepared to be martyrs for our faith and to ...
Throughout his campaign and even since his inauguration, President Joe Biden has spoken of his desire to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Russell Shaw writes ...
Contributing editor Russell Shaw writes: “Launched in December with modest fanfare, the Church’s observance of 2021 as a year to honor the fatherhood of St. Joseph seems to have dropped largely out of sight. True, ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes: “With searing images of mob violence at the U.S. Capitol fresh in memory, Joe Biden comes to the presidency as a potential healer of divisions and binder ...
Lower numbers and higher expectations — that, briefly stated, is the story of the March for Life in 2021, writes Russell Shaw in his latest column. For many years the pro-life march has drawn tens ...
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