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July 2012

July 11, 2012

Quote of the day, media edition

"I can play along with Superman using a steel girder to swat someone into outer...

July 10, 2012

Social media advice for seminarians

This comes from the good folks over at Jesus Creed, my blog neighbor here at...

July 08, 2012

RIP, Ernest Borgnine

The TV icon died today at 95. Like Andy Griffith —another recently departed figure who...

July 07, 2012

How to plot like Pixar: “Brave” animator tweets secrets of storytelling

If you have a hankering to make a blockbuster classic animated film, one of the...

July 03, 2012

Bill Geist reveals he has Parkinson’s

I missed this news this past weekend -- I'm usually doing something else on Sunday...

July 03, 2012

RIP, Andy Griffith

Word that the television icon, best known as the sheriff of Mayberry and father of...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Great moments in journalism: CNN investigates its big boo-boo

Or, as a memo to the staff put it: As you all know by now,...

June 29, 2012

Catholic bloggers: missionaries at the keyboard

From the Shameless Self Promotion Desk: Catholic News Service, via the Boston Pilot, has a...

June 28, 2012

“It is very well to sing ‘God Bless America,’ but how can He bless us if we hate?”

"Our unity must be in God or we will fall as other nations that have...

June 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: CNN on health care ruling — UPDATED

CNN's website at 10:10 am ET: CNN's website at 10:13 am ET: UPDATE: Seems...

June 28, 2012

Fulton Sheen moves closer to sainthood

From the AP: Pope Benedict XVI has put Fulton John Sheen, the U.S. bishop whose...

June 25, 2012

It’s true: it don’t rain there in the summertime

When I arrived in Indianapolis for the 2012 Catholic Media Conference, one of the prevailing...

June 23, 2012

Vatican hires Fox News reporter as communications advisor

Details: The Vatican has brought in the Fox News correspondent in Rome to help improve...

June 23, 2012

Vatican’s social media head: “We need to cultivate our ability to listen to others…”

A highlight of the Catholic Media Conference this week was an address Friday by Archbishop...

June 22, 2012

In Philadelphia, “A shakeup of seismic proportions”

You could feel the shockwaves rippling through Indianapolis as this story made its way around...

June 21, 2012

Bishop Coyne to Catholic communicators: “Always take the high road”

Last night, I had the great privilege of serving as deacon alongside Bishop Christopher Coyne...

June 21, 2012

Bishop Coyne to Catholic communicators: “Always take the high road”

Last night, I had the great privilege of serving as deacon alongside Bishop Christopher Coyne...

June 21, 2012

Worth a thousand words, Fortnight edition

I got mine, thanks to the folks at the Catholic News Service booth at the...

June 19, 2012

“We are Catholics”: group launches national ad campaign against HHS mandate

From The Hill: An association of lay Catholics will air a nationwide ad against the Obama...

June 19, 2012

Memo to NBC: What the hell is wrong with you?

Seriously. First, there was the Trayvon Martin boondoggle a few months ago. Then yesterday, evidence...

June 19, 2012

Ministry in media: meet the priest behind Salt + Light TV

From the Canadian magazine The Walrus comes this profile of Fr. Thomas Rosica, the guiding...

June 18, 2012

NY Times columnist: “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Bill Donohue is right”

That's how former editor Bill Keller starts his column this morning: I can't believe I’m...

June 18, 2012

Charlie Sheen goes to confession

Or at least, he does in the teaser for his new series "Anger Management." See...

June 15, 2012

Great moments in journalism, Amanpour edition

My blog neighbor and editor Elizabeth has a kick-ass takedown of Christiane Amanpour's pitiful interview with...

June 13, 2012

Vatican applies for control of “.catholic” domain online

Details from CNS: The Vatican is in line to control the new Internet address extension...

June 12, 2012

Michael Voris update: RealCatholicTV changes it name to Church Militant.TV

And they have a new studio, too. You may remember the controversy that swirled around...

June 12, 2012

Changes ahead for Vatican communications office

Time and technology are changing the way Rome communicates with the world -- and this...

June 12, 2012

Crusading on the web: Billy Graham goes digital

One of the world's leading evangelical operations -- which first made its mark in open...

June 11, 2012

Why God made copy editors

June 05, 2012

America magazine names new editor

And he's the youngest ever: For over a century, America, the only national Catholic weekly magazine...