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October 2019

October 14, 2019

‘Think about what we are getting used to’

Have we lost our ability to be shocked? Rod Dreher thinks so, and poses another...

September 2019

September 10, 2019

Pope Francis: ‘I pray there is no schism, but I am not afraid’

The pope was on a plane, and you know what that means: Pope Francis told...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

In New Interview, Pope Francis Addresses McCarrick Case, Viganò, Homosexuality and More

From Vatican Media: Mexican journalist and writer, Valentina Alazraki, has been the Vatican correspondent for...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Great Moments in Journalism: The AP’s Headline About Notre Dame

Seriously? Check this out: I'll give them this: the story is better than the headline....

March 2019

March 10, 2019

SNL’s Pete Davidson Compares R. Kelly Scandal to Catholic Church

The latest, from SNL: Pete Davidson tackled the R. Kelly sex abuse scandal on “Saturday Night Live” and compared the R&B...

March 07, 2019

Chris Cuomo, Catholic

After I returned home from all the Ash Wednesday liturgies last night, I collapsed on...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

Two deacons launch ‘Deacon’s Corner’ on Canadian radio

From Canadian Catholic News: Two Catholic deacons from central Alberta take to the airwaves each...

October 2018

October 02, 2018

CBN announces 24-hour Christian TV news channel

Move over, EWTN. The Christian Broadcasting Network, founded by Pat Robertson, is launching a 24-hour...

August 2018

August 13, 2018

How social media is helping break the story of clerical sex abuse

It wasn't a prominent player in 2002— but it is now. From CNS: Magazines and...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

‘Hateful and blasphemous’: A priest cancels Netflix — and doesn’t mince words

Here's the letter he sent (h/t Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith and the...

June 2018

June 17, 2018

Kellyanne Conway criticizes border separation policy ‘as a mother, as a Catholic’

Details: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday “nobody likes” the Trump administration’s policy of separating...

April 2018

April 12, 2018

Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologizes for blocking some Catholic content

From CNA: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from lawmakers about his company’s censorship of...

March 2018

March 16, 2018

Visiting Boston? Stop by and say hello

Department of Shameless Plugs: If you find yourself in the Boston area on Friday, April...

March 14, 2018

Larry Kudlow: from cocaine abuse to Catholic convert to CNBC to Donald Trump’s White House

From The New York Times: President Trump is expected to name Larry Kudlow, a CNBC...

March 14, 2018

Media FAIL: Vatican admits it doctored photo of letter from Benedict — UPDATED

From AP: The Vatican admitted that it altered a photo sent to the media of...

March 01, 2018

Vatican magazine slams treatment of nuns

From Reuters: A Vatican magazine denounced widespread exploitation of nuns for cheap or free labor...

January 2014

January 10, 2014

John Allen writes about his move to The Boston Globe

From NCR today: Primarily, I'll be doing the same reporting and analysis I've always done,...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

NY Times: Pope “off script”

Well, that's one way to put it. Their headline: Pope, Off Script, Nods to Atheists...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Now THIS is a great commercial

It's popping up around Europe, evidently, and this website tells the story of how a...

November 20, 2013

Rome seminary offers class on “Media Training for Priests”

From Catholic News Agency: In an effort to equip future priests to better encounter the...

October 2013

October 12, 2013

“Staring into a mirror, not looking out a window…”

That describes what is happening increasingly in our culture, particularly in our use and consumption...

October 11, 2013

Tattooed Jesus: “By his stripes we are healed…”

This billboard is turning a few heads in Texas: A billboard showing a tattooed Jesus...

October 08, 2013

The Christmas billboard war begins early

It looks like everybody is getting a jump on the season this year. From the...

October 04, 2013

Papal interviews are “a genre to which we are not accustomed”

From Catholic News Service: When Pope Benedict XVI answered a journalist's 2010 question about condom...

October 01, 2013

Priest blesses smartphones, tablets

It happened in France: A French priest in Nice, south-eastern France, this weekend blessed his...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

“Encounter” to be theme of next World Communications Day

Not that surprising, since Pope Francis mentions that idea often (and he's no slouch at...

September 26, 2013

Has this become our church?

In the Los Angeles Times, writer Meghan Daum made a compelling observation, I thought, about...

September 21, 2013

Pope Francis on social communication and “the great digital continent”

The scoop, and text of his remarks today, from Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Saturday...

September 17, 2013

Vatican publishes e-book of Benedict’s World Communications Day messages

Something new and nifty, from the Pontifical Council for Social Communications: The Pontifical Council for...

September 17, 2013

Forbes calls pope a “social media phenomenon”

From columnist Tom Watson: Pope Francis – or @pontifex to his Twitter followers – has quickly become...