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Russell Shaw
On the evening of the Boston Marathon bombing I was doing a radio interview about a book I'd written. Before getting to me, the host asked listeners to pray for victims of the …
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Russell Shaw
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5/8/13
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107 views
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Russell Shaw
As all the world surely knows by now, “equality” is the ideological key to President Obama's domestic policies. That all people are created equal, the president says, is the …
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Russell Shaw
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4/24/13
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162 views
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Surprise! Approval of same-sex marriage has risen sharply among Americans in just a few years — according to one poll, from 41 percent in favor in 2004 to nearly 60 percent now. Surprise!
Some …
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Russell Shaw
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4/10/13
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543 views
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The surprising election of Pope Francis plainly was no surprise to the people who really counted: the cardinals, that is, who swiftly chose him on the first full day and fifth ballot of the conclave. …
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Russell Shaw
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3/20/13
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278 views
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“I hope we get a nice pope,” a good Catholic woman told me soon after Benedict XVI announced his resignation.
“I don't care whether he's nice or not,” I replied. “I just hope he's …
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Russell Shaw
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3/13/13
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182 views
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For the last several weeks I’ve been teaching an online course about the role of the Catholic laity. We’d just gotten to the subject of personal vocation when the startling news came through: …
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Russell Shaw
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2/27/13
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180 views
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Why is it that Ash Wednesday and Lent remain relatively popular even in highly secularized times like these? It's a serious question that touches on matters deeper than might at first be supposed. …
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Russell Shaw
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2/13/13
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526 views
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The disruptive results for individuals and society spawned by the revolution in attitudes and behavior regarding sex, marriage, family and childbearing that erupted a half-century ago have become too …
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Russell Shaw
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1/30/13
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495 views
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The disruptive results for individuals and society spawned by the revolution in attitudes and behavior regarding sex, marriage, family and childbearing that erupted a half-century ago have become too …
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Russell Shaw
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1/23/13
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176 views
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As the pro-life movement contemplates four decades of legalized abortion in the United States and asks itself what really needs doing to halt this hideous scandal, pro-lifers should consider adding a …
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Russell Shaw
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1/9/13
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385 views
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