A special messenger from Germany
Let me tell you about Brother Paulus, a Capuchin priest based in Frankfurt who considers himself to be, in his own words, “a special messenger of God.” He has been involved in media for some 20 years...
View ArticleCatholic Voices around the world
Back in September of 2010 when Pope Benedict XVI made his pastoral visit to England and Scotland to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman, we introduced you to a unique group of youth Catholics known as...
View ArticlePerspectives Daily – Tuesday, Jan. 31
Tonight on Perspectives Alicia talks to Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City and Tim Reidy, online editor of America Magazine.
View ArticleThe Catholic Church and the media: Enduring a contemporary trial
For Christians the season of Lent is a time for reflecting on and confronting the reality of trials. These are periods in our lives filled with anxiety, doubt, anger, helplessness, and even despair;...
View ArticleMedia Coverage of the Conclave – Perspectives Weekly: Conclave Special
As anyone following newspapers, blogs, newscasts, and social media will know, media coverage of the papal transition can range from the minute to the absurd. What are the issues the media should be...
View ArticlePope Francis: Audience with the media
On Saturday, March 16, Pope Francis gathered thousands of journalists and media agencies from nearly 82 countries inside the Paul VI Audience Hall. In his address, the Holy Father spoke of how the...
View ArticleThe Media and the Vatican part two: building bridges
Part 2 in a series of blogs about the experience of working at the Holy See during the papal transition. We arrived in Rome on Tuesday, February 19th just one week after Pope Benedict announced his...
View ArticleGetting media savvy
Cheridan and Sebastian practice line-dancing on the set of The Church Alive. As we’re in the media business, we’re very much aware of how pictures shape perception. Especially when it comes to...
View ArticleRochester native talks of pope who ‘won over media’
ROCHESTER — In just two years Pope Francis has “opened the floodgates of communication” in the Catholic Church, which effectively had been a cloistered institution, and has rebranded both Catholicism...
View Article“A little bit of unpredictability is helpful at times”: Fr. Rosica reflects...
Point of View: Interpreting the Francis Effect is a S+L series that goes deeper into the questions surrounding the person and pontificate of Pope Francis. The series consists of a selection of the...
View ArticleLiving in a Digital World: The Context of our Mission Today
Address to US & Canadian Jesuit Formation Conference “Global Mission in a Digital Age” by Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB Loyola Marymount University – Los Angeles, California June 16, 2015 Over 300...
View ArticleKatie Couric on the rise of digital news and the Media’s moral obligation
Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric discusses the digital news phenomenon and the Media’s moral obligation in mainstream news coverage. How are you going to spend the next five minutes of your time?...
View ArticleInside the Synod – Tuesday Oct. 20, 2015
Cardinal Wilfred Napier and Archbishop Mark Coleridge speak about the issues being discussed at the Synod, we hear from the representative of the Anglican Communion on his experience at the Synod, we...
View ArticleConnect5: Tony Spence on polarization in the church
CNS Director and Editor-in-Chief Tony Spence looks at political polarization in the Church, plus the growing trend of Catholic news in the secular press. How are you going to spend the next five...
View ArticleSharing the Joy of the Gospel With the Media and Through the Media
*Cardinal Foley addressing Catholic Media Convention Banquet in 2011 in Pittsburgh.* The third annual John Cardinal Foley Lecture on Social Communications by FR. THOMAS ROSICA, C.S.B. Saint Charles...
View ArticleSalt and Light Television pays tribute to Mother Angelica
How fitting that Mother Angelica would be called home to God on Easter Sunday 2016. This great woman of faith, evangelical boldness and joyful courage was one of the Church’s great instruments of the...
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