As the U.S. bishops prepare to meet in November, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw has some ideas on what it is they should be discussing. In his latest column, Shaw offers three suggestions on topics for the bishops to tackle,
OSV contributing editor Russell Shaw examines two cases before the Supreme Court that focus on racial equity on college campuses:“In the cases now before the court … a group called Students for Fair Admissions argues that the admissions policies of Harvard and
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw examines how “these are not the best of times for America’s men and boys”: “Recent data suggest the extent of the problem, without getting at its roots. Men now make up only about forty percent
Contributing editor Russell Shaw writes about the upcoming meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow: “In arranging to meet in September with Russia’s Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis evidently has two goals in view: peace in Ukraine and progress in Catholic-Orthodox
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw examines two new books that explore the Church’s role — and specifically Pope Pius XII’s actions — in rebuking the policies of Nazi Germany and protecting the lives of European
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw looks at the increased violence from left-wing extremists: “things like the firebombing of pregnancy centers and pro-life offices and the desecration of churches, carried out,
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that a high school football coach who lost his job because he knelt on the field following games to say a silent prayer had a constitutional right to pray as he did under the First
In a new analysis for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that “while the Supreme Court delivered a stunning victory for human life in rejecting the idea that the Constitution guarantees a right to abortion, the real work only begins
In a major decision in support of religious liberty and parental rights, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a ban in Maine on giving state tuition funds to church-sponsored schools. Writing for a six-justice majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said Maine’s
In his latest essay, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw reflects on the beginnings of the abortion movement and what its founders saw as its ultimate end. “On that question,” he writes, “no source speaks with more authority than Lawrence Lader.