Turning to St. Thomas Aquinas for guidance on impeachment

Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw turns to Saint Thomas Aquinas as he seeks to find answers in the difficulties of impeachment. Shaw writes: “Saint Thomas’s treatment does make it clear that voting either to impeach or not to impeach shouldn’t

Talk of schism is just that: All talk

Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that while there has been much talk lately of an impending schism among U.S. Catholics because of strong disagreements with Pope Francis, any kind of formal schism will not happen. From the very beginning

Life of Christ, Part 5: Who is this Man?

Russell Shaw, in his ongoing series on the Life of Christ, explores the sensation Jesus created, which can be summarized in this passage from Matthew’s Gospel: “He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom,

Cardinal Levada remembered for serving the Church

Cardinal William Levada, who died September 26 in Rome, was precise in speech and reserved in demeanor. But beneath that professorial exterior lay a puckish sense of humor. His life was marked by many positions within the Church, serving as archbishop of

Biography shows complexity of past Notre Dame president

In “American Priest,” author Father Wilson Miscamble repeatedly shows Father Theodore Hesburgh as a high-minded educator, public servant and priest who did much good. That he also shows the problematic side of a man for whom cultural assimilation sometimes mattered more than

Courts will be battlegrounds for church-state controversies

In years gone by, church-state conflicts in America commonly focused on the first of the First Amendment’s two religion clauses: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Tussles over public funds for parochial schools and prayer in public schools

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