Russell Shaw writes from Maryland.
Two important religious freedom cases will be heard by the Supreme Court in the coming weeks — one that deals with the Little Sisters of the Poor’s continued fight to claim religious exemption from having to make coverage for contraceptives available in
In part 11 on the life of Christ, Russell Shaw describes that after Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, the Pharisees fear that the people will rebel and desire to crown Jesus a king. Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph, but the chief
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Russell Shaw writes of the coronavirus pandemic that “it’s none too soon to start thinking about what we have already learned from this painful experience. The most important lesson obviously was how much we
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Russell Shaw writes that “in an odd way the pandemic is — or at least can be — a community-forming event. We are in this together, and as time passes and quarantining spreads and
Does literature have anything to say about the pandemic? Actually, more than you might think. Contributing editor Russell Shaw explains that works of the imagination that involve epidemics and plagues make up a distinct literary subset. Along with telling powerful stories, some
For all practical purposes, or at least most, the Supreme Court likely has already decided the most important abortion-related case to come before it in nearly half a century. But the decision is known only to a tiny handful of tight-lipped people,
In the 10th installment on the life of Christ, Russell Shaw writes about the Sadducees and Pharisees, the opposition who were hostile and unyielding from the start, and by the end, they had become murderous. Telling themselves that serving God required getting
In agreeing to consider a dispute involving a Catholic social service agency’s policy of not placing foster children with same-sex couples, the Supreme Court has set the stage for what may be a landmark ruling on the rights of religious institutions and
Virgil C. Dechant, former supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus who died Feb. 16 at his home in Leawood, Kansas, was a much larger man, with far more influence on the Church than his obituaries portrayed. Joining creativity to love of
A month before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case, June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee, Russell Shaw shares some insight on how, no matter what happens, things are changing at the Supreme Court. At issue is a law passed