Analysis

Catholics, Protestants, and Christian union

March 17, 2016 Russell Shaw 0

News that Pope Francis will travel to Sweden in October for an event marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation underlines the fact that the Catholic Counter-Reformation is over. Whether Protestants are prepared to […]

Essay

Lent, Conversion, and Vocation

February 4, 2016 Russell Shaw 0

It would be like telling the story of World War II and leaving out Hitler. That’s what telling the story told in the gospels would be like without taking account of the devil. He and […]

Donald Trump and pack journalism

January 7, 2016 Russell Shaw 0

The potential presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, a media critic when it suits his purposes, is a creature of the media. Trump has a knack for saying outrageous things, and journalists have heaped lavish free […]

Essay

Belloc’s great gift

December 21, 2015 Russell Shaw 0

Chatting with a British bishop who’d said the famous Catholic writer  Hilaire Belloc sometimes came to his home when he was a child to visit his father, a friend, I asked the obvious question: What was […]

Opinion

What is Family?

December 14, 2015 Russell Shaw 0

A few houses down the block from mine there’s a house with two women in their late 30s or early 40s and two boys ages 12 or 13 living in it. Just about the only […]