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A quiet, closed-door meeting in Washington, D.C., next month will be of crucial importance in shaping the Church’s response to the nation’s biggest church-state crisis in decades.
When some …
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By Russell Shaw
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2/15/12
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I was chatting with a priest who is a judge with the marriage tribunal of his large Eastern diocese when he shared an interesting tidbit of information. In his diocese and the other dioceses of his …
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By Russell Shaw
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2/8/12
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Is it possible that secular liberals, some of them anyway, are starting to realize that knocking the supports out from under traditional marriage may not be such a great idea? If so, and if their …
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By Russell Shaw
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1/25/12
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275 views
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An address by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on gay rights as a priority of U.S. policy deserves far more attention than it’s gotten up to now. As a statement of the views of the Obama …
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By Russell Shaw
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1/11/12
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203 views
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The problem many of us have with Christmas isn’t that we expect too much of it but that we expect much too little. My Christmas wish for all of us, myself included, is that we raise our sights and …
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By Russell Shaw
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12/21/11
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193 views
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As active U.S. military involvement in Iraq draws to a close, what does the moral scorecard on this adventure look like from an American point of view? Granted that a comprehensive weighing of …
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By Russell Shaw
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12/7/11
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431 views
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I have to admit that it really didn’t impress me very favorably the first time I read it: “Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization” — that will be the theme of next May’s World Day for …
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By Russell Shaw
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11/22/11
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268 views
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There’s a widespread impression that the international financial system which the United States and its friends put in place after World War II is breaking down. The old system may of course be …
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By Russell Shaw
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11/9/11
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244 views
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“What the Catholic Church in the United States really needs to stiffen its backbone is a good persecution.” How often, I wonder, have I heard somebody say something like that? How often have I …
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By Russell Shaw
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10/26/11
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315 views
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Draw yourself an organization chart representing the Catholic Church. What you’ll get is a sketch of an ecclesiastical institution that on paper looks like a genuine world class internal …
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By Russell Shaw
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10/19/11
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246 views
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