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Home: Current Issues: Media Current Issues: MediaArticles:A critic blinded by hatred - Father Raymond J. de SouzaChristopher Hitchens is blinded by hatred. Read more... A loathsome Catholic — but still a Catholic - Michael CorenAccording to various headlines across the world, the Pope has “welcomed back into the Church a Holocaust-denying Bishop” and “Ripped to shreds Catholic-Jewish relations for a generation.” Read more... Admit it: You're afraid - Rev. Raymond J. de Souza'I'm afraid, but fine, so deal with it," said Ezra Levant, publisher of the Western Standard, of his decision to publish the world's most famous cartoons. "Get security or just be careful. But I'm not so afraid that I'm going to sell out our heritage of freedom." Read more... Aids and the News Media - ARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUTThe recent series on Priests and AIDS in the Kansas City Star used highly misleading statistics to promote an anti-Catholic agenda. Read more... An Unnecessary and Untoward Controversy - George WeigelBrother Roger Schutz, founder of the Taize Community in France, was one of the great Christian spirits of the 20th century. Read more... Anchors Aweigh - Sterling RomeBias in broadcast news anchors is inevitable when the profitability of entertainment is placed ahead of the integrity of information. Read more... Anti-Catholicism - Archbishop Timothy DolanThe following article was submitted in a slightly shorter form to the New York Times as an op-ed article. The Times declined to publish it. I thought you might be interested in reading it. Read more... Apocalypse No - Peggy NoonanThe New Republic's editors seem to have mistaken Vietnam movies for real life. Read more... Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Catholic Media's Greatest Star - THOMAS REEVESWhen Sheen went on television in February 1952, his Life Is Worth Living programs became extremely popular, competing effectively against shows starring “Mr. Television,” Milton Berle, and singer-actor Frank Sinatra. Read more... As Long As They Spell Our Names Right - Fr. Richard John NeuhausWhy is religion so little and so poorly reported in the media, or is it? Read more... Bad News on Priests and AIDS - David Murray & S. Robert LichterOn Jan. 29, an exclusive Kansas City Star story carried nationwide through the Knight-Ridder News Service proclaimed a scandal of silence in the Catholic Church involving priests and their sexuality. Read more... Benedict XVI walks a religious tightrope - Father Thomas D. Williams, LCWe woke up this morning in Jerusalem to newspaper headlines decrying the supposed inadequacy of Pope Benedict's remorse in his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Monday and in his meeting there with six Holocaust survivors. Read more... Benedict’s timeless touch noble, but tricky - John AllenPope Benedict XVI's visit yesterday to Yad Vashem, Israel's main Holocaust memorial, had been billed coming into this trip as a make-or-break moment, a key test of whether the pontiff could mend fences with Jews after several recent setbacks. Read more... BioSpin — Why Adult Stem Cell Research Successes Get Downplayed by the Media - Wesley J. Smith"Adult-Stem-Cell Breakthrough!" the headlines should have screamed. "Stunning Discovery Could Mean No Need to Use Embryos in Research." Unfortunately, with the notable exception of a front-page story in the Boston Globe, the mainstream media has significantly downplayed this potentially exciting scientific discovery. Read more... Blessed are the spin doctors - Austen IvereighIn the run-up to the release of the film of The Da Vinci Code on 19 May the communications director for the UK branch of Opus Dei, a bundle of nervous energy even in calmer times, can hardly contain himself. Read more... Bluster masquerading as reason - Rex MurphyIf we are to have an adjudication on the Pontiff ’s complicity or innocence in the matter of coverups or evasion by the Catholic Church in the sexual-abuse scandals that have rocked it, I’m not sure I’d go to Christopher Hitchens to get it. Read more... Catholic website drawing thousands back to faith - Catholic News AgencyIn less than three weeks, 3,000 Catholics returned to the Church in the Diocese of Phoenix due to the effort of a new lay apostolate, CatholicsComeHome.org. Read more... Catholics and the "Fourth Estate" - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.America's news media have enormous opinion-shaping power. Therefore it's vital for Catholics to understand how the media work, and especially how they work on us. Read more... Catholics, the Media, and the American Public Square - Faith and Reason InstituteThe following is an edited transcript of speeches given by: Rod Dreher Senior Writer, National Review J. Bottum Books and Arts Editor, The Weekly Standard Philip F. Lawler Editor, Catholic World Report and Robert Lockwood Director of Communications, Diocese of Pittsburg. These papers were given at a conference on Catholics and the Media held at the National Press Club on March 13-14, 2002. Read more... CBC gives Father Rosica glowing review - Deborah GyapongFather Tom Rosica, CSB, used to feel as though he was entering a lions' den when he first started meeting with members of the mainstream media as director and organizer of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, but he persisted, believing that following the example of Pope John Paul II meant he needed to build bridges. Read more... Charity by Proxy - Rob LowNew reality shows let us feel good by watching others do good. Read more... Cheerleading for Divorce - Jennifer Roback Morse“51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse,” the New York Times trumpeted last week. Is this something to celebrate, as the paper of record seemed to do? And more importantly, is it even true? Read more... Deflating the New York Times Condom Scoop - George WeigelNo, the pope did not change Catholic teaching on condoms. Read more... Distinctions with a difference - Mollie HemingwayOne of the more interesting stories regarding stem cell research is one that has been woefully under-reported. Read more... Ethics in Internet - Pontifical Council for Social CommunicationsThe Internet can make an enormously valuable contribution to human life. It can foster prosperity and peace, intellectual and aesthetic growth, mutual understanding among peoples and nations on a global scale. Read more... Pages Updated On: Sun Nov 20 2011 - 04:19:12
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