Russell Shaw

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Secularist reactions to Hobby Lobby

Russell Shaw

Jul 10, 2014

By Russell Shaw

Considered either as an ideology or as a program of action, secularism is deeply coercive. Reactions to the Supreme Court’s... Read more

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Iraq: Where to go from here

Russell Shaw

Jun 26, 2014

By Russell Shaw

Starting in 2003, the United States has made two fundamental mistakes in Iraq, both with strong moral implications. At the... Read more

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The church attendence decline and what to do about it

Russell Shaw

Jun 13, 2014

By Russell Shaw

Forty years ago, as the falloff in Sunday Mass attendance by American Catholics was becoming too obvious to ignore, Catholic... Read more

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Crisis in the news business

Russell Shaw

May 29, 2014

By Russell Shaw

It was a week that began with the management of The New York Times forcing out the paper’s executive editor... Read more

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Our spontaneous Pope

Russell Shaw

May 15, 2014

By Russell Shaw

Spontaneity that reflects good-heartedness is a highly attractive trait, but the spontaneity of self-indulgence is reckless and often cruel. Spontaneity... Read more

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Studies

Russell Shaw

May 5, 2014

By Russell Shaw

You know morality and common sense are both under siege when a plainly obnoxious practice is regarded with complacency and... Read more

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Factions in the Church

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Apr 4, 2014

By Russell Shaw

Those first century Christians of Corinth must certainly have been a boisterous, troublesome lot. But maybe we should be glad... Read more

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Lent and the Purple Monster

Russell Shaw

Mar 10, 2014

By Russell Shaw

I was a little shy of ten years old when I had what may have been my most spiritually profitable... Read more

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Gay Marriage: Back to the Court

Russell Shaw

Feb 24, 2014

By Russell Shaw

When the Supreme Court last June overturned a section of the Defense of Marriage Act saying that in the eyes... Read more

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Marriage surprise

Russell Shaw

Apr 5, 2013

By Russell Shaw

Surprise! Approval of same-sex marriage has risen sharply among Americans in just a few years – according to one poll,... Read more

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Pope Francis

Russell Shaw

Mar 25, 2013

By Russell Shaw

The surprising election of Pope Francis plainly was nosurprise to the people who really counted: the cardinals, that is, who... Read more

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The Pope we need now

Russell Shaw

Mar 8, 2013

By Russell Shaw

“I hope we get a nice pope,” a good Catholic woman told me soon after Benedict XVI announced his resignation.“I... Read more

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The personal vocation of Pope Benedict

Russell Shaw

Feb 22, 2013

By Russell Shaw

For the last several weeks I've been teaching an online course about the role of the Catholic laity. We'd just... Read more

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Authentic Lent, Cardinal Newman style

Russell Shaw

Feb 8, 2013

By Russell Shaw

Why is it that Ash Wednesday and Lent remain relatively popular even in highly secularized times like these? It's a... Read more

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Gender

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Jan 29, 2013

By Russell Shaw

Defenders of traditional marriage may not believe it, but the Supreme Court's apparent intention to decide two important same-sex marriage... Read more

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Demography

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Jan 18, 2013

By Russell Shaw

The disruptive results for individuals and society spawned by the revolution in attitudes and behavior regarding sex, marriage, family, and... Read more

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Roe at 40

Russell Shaw

Jan 8, 2013

By Russell Shaw

As the pro-life movement contemplates four decades of legalized abortion in the United States and asks itself what really needs... Read more

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Tough religion and evangelization

Russell Shaw

Dec 19, 2012

By Russell Shaw

Much has been said lately about how to do evangelization. I've contributed a bit to that myself. Now I begin... Read more

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The post-election Church

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Nov 30, 2012

By Russell Shaw

The cardinal looked grim. “This is the situation now,” he said. “One political party is dangerous and the other is... Read more

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On losing work

Russell Shaw

Nov 16, 2012

By Russell Shaw

If someone is looking for material for a book with a title like “Profiles of an Inhuman Economic System,” consider... Read more