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November 2014

November 20, 2014

Bishop stops speech, changes venue when reporter refuses to leave

Details: Madison Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino halted a public speech Wednesday night at UW-Platteville and...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Quinn Bradlee’s beautiful eulogy for his father, Ben

The Washington Post has just printed (and posted the video) of Quinn Bradlee, speaking at...

October 30, 2014

Looking for the perfect gift for the deacon in your life? Look no further

Give a subscription to Deacon Digest! Deacon Digest is the only publication written especially for Catholic...

October 29, 2014

Great moments in journalism: Daniel Berger, doing his part to bolster MSNBC’s credibility

David Mills noted yesterday: “Pope Francis made a significant rhetorical break with Catholic tradition Monday...

October 22, 2014

Ben Bradlee, the pope and me

I met Ben Bradlee once nearly 40 years ago, when I took a summer journalism...

September 2014

September 13, 2014

Powerful video: TV anchor announces on the air that he is dying of cancer

Details from AP: A television news anchorman fighting brain cancer in Illinois told viewers he...

September 03, 2014

Steven Sotloff, devout Jew, fasted and prayed while in captivity

Here is devotion, fidelity, humility and faith. From The Washington Post: The secrets that couldn’t...

September 02, 2014

Boston Globe debuts its Catholic website, Crux

This unusual new media venture was unveiled today, and The Neiman Journalism Lab looks at what...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Great moments in journalism: CNN interviews man who pinpoints origin of California earthquake—and it’s not what they thought

From The Washington Post: Breaking news coverage is challenging: Updates are flying in from everywhere;...

August 25, 2014

The horror before our eyes

With the recent execution of James Foley still haunting the news, The New York Times...

August 24, 2014

Memorial Mass held for James Foley

From The Wall Street Journal: On Sunday, however, hundreds of people descended on Our Lady...

August 23, 2014

In Ferguson: prayer and the “ministry of presence” bring healing

The good folks at the St. Louis Review have been covering the events unfolding in...

August 23, 2014

Another Catholic newspaper to cease publication

The announcement, from the Diocese of Cleveland: Bishop Richard Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland has announced...

August 21, 2014

Great moments in journalism: journalists as jackasses in Ferguson

Sadly, this doesn't really surprise me. Details: I had been on the ground helping Al...

August 20, 2014

Must-read: James Foley writes of his Jesuit education, prayer and seeing God in all things

A friend from Marquette, Tim Cigelske, posted this on his Facebook page today. It's an...

August 20, 2014

Faith, prayer sustain James Foley’s family

From CNS: In April 2013, the parents of slain U.S. journalist James Foley attended a...

August 20, 2014

James Wright Foley, Catholic, writes of praying the rosary in prison

What happened to this man yesterday is beyond imagining. But few accounts of his brave...

August 04, 2014

RIP, James Brady

Details: James Brady, the spokesman for former President Ronald Reagan who was shot during a...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

At last: NY Times editorial condemns attacks on Christians in Iraq

From today's paper: The Sunni extremists who control large swaths of Iraq recently presented Christians...

July 23, 2014

Boom: America magazine announces expansion

Having a Jesuit pope has evidently been very good for the venerable weekly. The announcement...

July 14, 2014

The hardest working priest at the Vatican has to be…

...Fr. Federico Lombardi. After the pope, of course. And stepping up to the microphone after...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Great moments in journalism: the J-school diploma with a huge spelling error

Oops: Read all about it. H/T Patrick Madrid.

June 21, 2014

Shock: media admits mistake! When was the last time something like THIS happened?

The Associated Press published a huge correction for a story that slammed the Catholic Church:...

June 19, 2014

Archbishop Kurtz on digital media: We need to move “from diatribe to dialogue”

Louisville's Archbishop Joseph Kurtz delivered the keynote at last night's session of the Catholic Media...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

Great moments in journalism: how NOT to report on women priests

First, check out this video from the CBS affiliate in Sacramento: You can read...

May 02, 2014

Worth noting: the pope’s prayer intentions for May

From the Vatican: Pope Francis' universal prayer intention for May is: “That the media may...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

How dumb are Americans when it comes to religion? Very.

I've said it before: I think journalism students in the 21st century should be required...

April 24, 2014

TIME magazine lists Pope Francis among 100 most influential people, assigns Obama to write about him

And here's some of what the president had to say about the pontiff: Rare is...

April 04, 2014

What is Sheryl Attkisson up to these days?

Turns out the former CBS News reporter has launched her own website—sherylattkisson.com—and has posted some...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

Even the media are feeling “The Francis Effect”

From The Wall Street Journal: Francis mania is lifting up the religious media. As Pope Francis approaches...