Leveling hierarchical distinctions while further clericalizing the laity November 8, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality The synod’s more immediate goal was the less dramatic, but in the long run arguably more significant, objective of cutting back on clergy-only hierarchy.
U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via Aquinas October 20, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, U.S. Congress Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.
Synodality: Speaking freely will be the key September 10, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality I prefer to wait for the synod to happen before passing final judgment on either its process or its product.
What the papacy of John Paul I, ‘The September Pope,’ could have looked like August 16, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Besides getting a pope with a great smile and a winning demeanor, the cardinals who elected him Aug. 26, 1978, unwittingly picked a man with health issues that only 33 days later would lead to his death, making his pontificate one of the shortest ever.
