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October 2012

October 01, 2012

Theme for next World Communications Day: social networks

From the Vatican: One of the most important challenges facing the task of evangelization today...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

“We Shall Not Be Moved”

That's the name of a new documentary coming to a TV station near you this...

September 17, 2012

“What’s wrong in the Vatican press office?”

That's the question being posed by editor Robert Royal over at The Catholic Thing --...

August 2012

August 16, 2012

A big move: you can now “Get Religion” at Patheos

More fodder for Great Moments in Journalism! I'm delighted to share this happy news. Details: ...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Great moments in journalism: MSNBC’s Scarborough links James Holmes to autism — UPDATED

Blogger Leo Zanchettin has details: I just had to check in with Facebook one more...

July 22, 2012

Great moments in journalism: the liar who became a star “expert” in the media

Why am I not surprised? Details: Ryan Holiday could be called an “expert.” As head...

June 2012

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 25, 2012

This ONE won

Periodically, when people hear I'm the Executive Editor of a Catholic magazine, they ask me...

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 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

Chaput: “We need to look at the arc of Catholic history in our country”

Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput delivered a challenging and potent address last night to the Catholic Media Convention...

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

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

Charlie Sheen goes to confession

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

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 11, 2012

Why God made copy editors

May 2012

May 30, 2012

“I’m continually evangelized by the poor”

What a great insight, expressed in this beautifully produced slideshow The photographer, Paul Jeffrey, also...

May 29, 2012

Quote of the day

"We ate, we laughed, we joked, they chanted and prayed and stood behind wooden gratings....

May 10, 2012

Encouraging intelligent conversation in the comments

A comment about comments, from the Washington Post: I think the problem with commenters isn’t...

May 10, 2012

Keeping it classy: the new cover of TIME

Just what we all want on our coffee table at home. Read more here. Also,...

May 03, 2012

Incredible: this commercial was shot in just one take

And no special effects. Read all about it here. At the link, there's also a...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Think your parish doesn’t need an app? Think again

The digital world is changing -- and fast: For a while now, tech pundits have...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

The next big reality TV star just might be a priest

He's Father Steve Porter, from California (of course!) and he's getting a lot of buzz...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

Looking for the perfect gift? Look no further

From the Archdiocese of Washington, a nifty ad campaign debuts on TV tonight. See below....

November 02, 2011

Boston Catholic paper withdraws column suggesting same-sex attraction is the work of the devil — UPDATED

Details: The column, which appeared Friday in the Archdiocese of Boston’s official newspaper, The Pilot,...

October 2011

October 25, 2011

Looking south: another view on the Vatican note on the economy

The astute John Allen has a take on the new Vatican document on economics that...

October 19, 2011

What's it like to be pope?

You can find one answer in the impressive and absorbing final episode of the ambitious...

October 02, 2011

Andy Rooney: "I'm a writer who reads what he's written"

In his final commentary Sunday night, the celebrated grouch looked back at his 70-year career....

September 2011

September 06, 2011

Cardinal who was staunch supporter of media dies at 87

He's Polish Cardinal Andrzej Deskur, a longtime promoter of media and communications and close friend...