Document. Gordon Zahn ~ Bishops on the War ~ Response by Russel Shaw to criticisms made by Gordon concerning a summary document prepared by the National Catholic Office for Information and distributed to the media. Further reply from Gordon. ~ Shaw claims that his intent in providing the summary document of bishops objecting to the war on moral grounds was to counteract statements that U. S. bishops offered only implicit or explicit support for the war effort. Zahn replies that the document was not issued as a counter-statement, rather it was issued with the implication that it was representative of all the views of the Catholic hierarchy. ~ Commonweal ~ 411, 429-431