Russell Shaw writes that The U.S. bishops in their quadrennial guide for Catholic voters Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship correctly emphasize that conscience formation as being at the heart of responsible voting. Their aim, they ...
Russell Shaw writes about the everyday, slow miracles we experience in our lives. He writes: “A friend asked me to write about miracles, taking as an example the events that brought him and his wife ...
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. in 2015, Russ Shaw writes, “maybe it’s time to ask this question: Did he come five years too soon?” Five years after the historic visit, few if ...
On matters of concern to the Catholic Church, from abortion and religious liberty to health care and immigration, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the prospect of a bruising political fight ...
Russell Shaw writes that “Some years ago, Lee Edwards, a veteran conservative writer and a friend of mine, launched an organization, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, dedicated to “commemorating the more than 100 million ...
The U.S. Constitution forbids a religious test for public office, but it is silent on office seekers’ appeals to religion and religious interests. And that is probably just as well, since religion seems destined to ...
Contributing editor Russell Shaw looks at The New York Times editorial board’s recommendations of how to help low-income kids, which includes creating government-funded savings accounts for newborns, providing universal pre-kindergarten for 4-year-olds, spending more on ...
In a new essay, contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that Joe Biden’s selection of California senator Kamala Harris will likely put the issue of abortion near front and center of the upcoming election. With Harris ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that in the late spring of 1945, as World War II was drawing toward a close, a novel called “Brideshead Revisited” made its appearance in Britain. Whatever ...
Before the First Vatican Council and Pope Pius IX formally defined the doctrine of papal infallibility, the idea of papal infallibility had been widely accepted in the Church for centuries. Those holding it included theological ...
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