Russell Shaw
America First for the Fourth of July?
Along with the customary cluster of cookouts, parades, and fireworks, the 4th of July this year brings something different to... Read more
America's multifaceted crisis of addiction
It would be too simple to say that temperance is the sole solution to America’s multifaceted crisis of addiction, but... Read more
Trump and the Media
Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do. That’s been the story of Donald Trump’s relationship with... Read more
Being legalistic and being law-abiding, and the big difference
In case you didn’t notice, Pope Francis thinks legalism is a bad thing – and that’s good news. For legalism,... Read more
A new round in the liturgy translation war?
The immortal Yogi Berra said it best: “It’s déjà vu all over again.” That was my first reaction to the... Read more
Toxic Culture
In today’s America, as in other countries like it, people of faith are facing a question of critical importance: How... Read more
Dialogue between Science and Religion
As it happens, it was Ash Wednesday when I casually flicked on an all-news radio station just in time to... Read more
Catholic Cultural Assimilation
It’s a commonplace to say that America, along with other Western countries, is currently experiencing a cultural—which is to say:... Read more
Let Lent bring a spiritual Spring
Up here in the northern half of the planet, where Lent coincides with the end of winter and the onset... Read more
The Struggle to Shape the Supreme Court
Just as people who like sausage shouldn’t visit a sausage factory, so people who stand in awe of the United... Read more
Conservatives and Trump
Many religious conservatives are looking to the Trump years with high expectations. R.R. Reno, editor of First Things, says Trump’s... Read more
Child Poverty and Family
In setting out to confront a problem, it’s necessary to understand its causes in order to apply realistic solutions. Child... Read more
Letter to the President-Elect
Dear President-elect Trump: Unsolicited advice is said to be the best kind because it is the most easily ignored. But... Read more
Christmas Blues
For many people, the season of good cheer is a deeply trying affair. I don’t mean unhappy souls who have... Read more
The pro-life issues facing President Trump
Many social conservatives, though by no means all, were ecstatic at the election of Donald Trump. Whether they’ll still be... Read more
The Significance of the Next Synod
When the pot is boiling, turn down the heat. You can’t be sure, but that could well have been part... Read more
The Pope and the Martin Luther Anniversary
At the end of October Pope Francis will travel to Sweden to join a Lutheran World Federation observance opening the... Read more
New Threats to Religious Liberty
Last June five justices of the U.S. Supreme Court thumbed their noses at religious liberty. They accomplished that without spoken... Read more
Is the mercy of God unconditional?
In a message to a gathering of bishops of the Americas in Bogota, Colombia, Pope Francis made a point that’s... Read more
What are voters to do?
If this presidential campaign isn’t the strangest race for the White House ever, it will do until a stranger one... Read more
