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by bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | 2022, Abortion, Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Francis X. Maier'a "The “National Synthesis” on the Synod", Jesus Christ, John Paul II, John Stowe bishop of Lexington KY, National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America for the Diocesan Phase of the 2021-2023 Synod, News, Robert Royal, rolling Vatican III, Russell Shaw, Synod on Synodality, The Catholic Thing, USCCB | 0 |
I was traveling on September 19, and was delayed in reading the National Synthesis prepared by U.S. bishops in advance…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 22, 2022 | 2022, artist John Nava, Bishops meeting, Catholic Church, Catholic laity, Catholicism, Columns, German synodal path, lay apostolate, Lumen Gentium, News, Nicholas Healy in Communio, Russell Shaw, Russell Shaw's "Synodal Perils and Possibilities", Synod on Synodality, Synod on Synods, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Pope Francis’ lead-up to the Synod on Synodality is entering the “continental” phase. And this moment raises some serious questions,…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Catholic literature, Kristin Lavransdatter, News, novels, Russell Shaw, Sigrid Undset, The Dispatch | 0 |
If you think a novel set in 14th century Norway has to be dull, think again. Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter is such a book, and far from being a bore, it is surely one of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2021 | Amy Adamczyk, Book Reviews, Christian Smith, Handing Down the Faith, News, Russell Shaw, The Dispatch | 0 |
It’s hard to imagine that anyone who ever raised children found it an entirely easy job. Challenging, exciting, often rewarding–yes. But easy? You’ve got to be kidding. That is certainly the case when it comes […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 15, 2021 | National Eucharistic Revival, News, Russell Shaw, The Dispatch | 0 |
Nearly buried last month in the hubbub surrounding the U.S. bishops’ debate over who is and isn’t worthy to receive communion was a colloquy between two bishops concerning something that may prove of far greater […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Eucharistic coherence, Eucharistic consistency, New York Times, News, Russell Shaw, The Dispatch, the media | 0 |
Have you ever read or heard a news account of an event that you know something about and found it to bear little or no resemblance to what happened? That was the case for me […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Abortion, Mississippi, News, Russell Shaw, SCOTUS, The Dispatch | 0 |
The Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider an abortion case from Mississippi next fall touched off a predictable outpouring of frenzied criticism from pro-choice sources worried lest their cherished ‘right’ to abortion be in […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, A Blessing in Disguise?, Archbishop Alexander Sample, Archbishop José Gómez USCCB president, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Blase Cupich, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Division among the Bishops, Eucharistic coherence, Jesus Christ, Joe Biden, Joseph Tobin, Nancy Pelosi, News, or a Blessing in Disguise?, Pro-abortion politicians, Russell Shaw, Sean O’Malley, Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, What Unites Us Divides Us, Wilton Gregory | 0 |
Russell Shaw and Stephen White consider the consequences of a likely and lively debate among the bishops about abortion and Communion.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 17, 2021 | 2021, Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, decline in Mass attendance, decline in religious affiliation, News, Rod Dreher's "The Benedict Option" and "Live Not by Lies", Russell Shaw, self-identified Catholics, shrinking Catholic Church in America, Stephen Bullivant, The American Church: Going . . . Going . . ., The Catholic Thing, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB | 0 |
Russell Shaw: Mass attendance is one area of Catholic decline. Another is that 2/5 of “cradle Catholics” no longer identify with the Church.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 3, 2021 | 2021, Apostolicam actuositatem, bishop selection, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christus Dominus, Church hierarchy, Columns, Lay Participation in Choosing Bishops?, Lumen Gentium, News, Nicholas Cafardi, reform of episcopal selections, Russell Shaw, Saint John Henry Newman “On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine”, St. Ambrose of Milan, The Catholic Thing, Theodore McCarrick | 0 |
Russell Shaw: Church leaders should seek opinions about episcopal candidates, if the laypeople consulted are active, faithful Catholics.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 10, 2020 | 2020, Archbishop Charles Chaput, Biden and the Bishops, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, denial of Communion, Holy Communion, Joe Biden, News, Russell Shaw, Social Justice, social sin, Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Stephen P. White: Nothing is more antithetical to the ethic of life than the industrial-scale eradication the innocent through abortion.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | 2020, Biden and Communion, Cardinal George Pell’s Prison Journal, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, News, Pro-choice Catholic politicians, Russell Shaw, The Catholic Thing, USCCB | 0 |
Russell Shaw: In an age of religious indifference, indiscriminate reception of Communion is bad for the spiritual health of the Church.
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