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Pope Francis Tackles the Marriage Epidemic
Much has been made of Catholics’ negativism toward Church teaching and practice on marriage as it was reflected in survey…
Author Russell Shaw
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Pope’s Vision for Restructuring the Church
Pope Francis is contemplating a major reworking of the top-level administrative machinery of the Church. Commentators sometimes describe this as…
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Pope Francis on Gays
Two days after Pope Francis’ now famous remarks on homosexuals and homosexuality, I heard a homily in which the homilist…
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Why Leakers Do It
Why do leakers do it? Probably many Americans have asked that question lately, moved by the cases of Edward Snowden,…
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The Phony Inevitability of Same-Sex Marraige
Claims that something is inevitable are generally of two kinds. Sometimes the claim is simply a statement of fact (“Inevitably,…
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American Church
In the question period after a talk I’d given on my new book, American Church, a woman raised an important…
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Our Anticlerical Pope
Is Pope Francis our first anticlerical pope? Technically speaking, he isn’t–his two predecessors also were more or less critical of…
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The Crisis of Idol Worship
In one of his typically simple, direct, and forceful homilies, Pope Francis warned recently against idols and idolatry. “We have…
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Making Matters Worse
“Is Traditional Marriage Toast?” That question recently caught my attention as the heading of an article in the neo-conservative Weekly…
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Impregnable America?
On the evening of the Boston Marathon bombing I was doing a radio interview about a book I’d written. Before…