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November 2014

November 14, 2014

Cardinal O’Malley on “60 Minutes”

He will be profiled this Sunday, and CBS News has posted a preview: Meantime, NCR...

November 06, 2014

Forbes names world’s most powerful people—and the pope is near the top

He's #4. As the magazine puts it: The spiritual leader to one-sixth of the world's...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned: I texted during Mass

A 21st century problem gets a closer look this morning from CNS: Entire families navigate...

October 23, 2014

What we have come to: little girls dropping the f-bomb

From USA TODAY: "What is more offensive -- a little girl saying (expletive) or the...

October 22, 2014

Ben Bradlee, the pope and me

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

October 13, 2014

VIDEO: John Allen dissects what the synod document says about gays

Check it out here, from the PBS News Hour:

October 04, 2014

Fr. Benedict Groeschel dies on the vigil of the Feast of St. Francis

The legendary friar and popular writer and TV personality has gone home. My blog neighbor...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

RIP, John Slattery of WCBS-TV

From the In My Backyard Desk, some sad news. The veteran television reporter was a familiar...

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 26, 2014

Home run: one church’s smart idea for improving Mass attendance

A great location and a savvy social media campaign combine to create a textbook example...

August 25, 2014

The horror before our eyes

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

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

The godless, lame-stream media strikes again

From the Facebook page of Channel 11 in Atlanta. While shooting a story at a...

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 08, 2014

What else did CNN get wrong?

From Baltimore's Catholic Review, here's an important addendum to CNN's piece on archbishops and where they...

August 05, 2014

Must-see video: “How to Dad,” a great new ad from Cheerios

Smart, funny and utterly winning. One blogger writes: It is well shot and the guy playing...

August 05, 2014

Another papal first? Pope Francis to be interviewed live on radio show

I can't recall anything quite like this. From CNA: This Friday Pope Francis will give...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

“The Vatican’s media machine is broken”

That's the assessment of Fr. Raymond de Souza: Whether it was the imbroglio over the Society...

July 29, 2014

Lebanese TV anchor wears “N” to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians

Impressive: A Lebanese TV channel is using the Arabic letter N in its logo, in...

July 28, 2014

Mary and Jesus in a Long John Silver’s ad?

Yep. A friend asked about this on Facebook, wondering if it was, maybe, blasphemous. I...

July 25, 2014

EWTN opening studio in California

This moved late yesterday, but with the various technical issues involving the Patheos reboot, I'm only...

June 2014

June 21, 2014

And the winner is …

Elizabeth Scalia has posted a typically generous roundup of winners at last night's Catholic Press...

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

“Dialogue is only possible when there is an attitude of openness to the other…”

The great Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, spoke at...

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...

June 18, 2014

Vatican panel approves miracle for Fulton Sheen

Details: The possible miracle needed for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen took another...

June 18, 2014

Sister act in Charlotte

You never know who you'll bump into at a convention of Catholics. This morning, for...