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Home: Current Issues: Media: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Media: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Big Stem-Cell Breakthrough - Wesley J. SmithDid you see the size of those headlines? "Stem Cells Used to Create Artificial Liver," the New York Times screamed on its front page. Read more... The Bigotry of Progressive Thinkers - Richard BastienAnti-Catholic bigotry was described by Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. as “The deepest bias in the history of the American people.” Read more... The Church and the Internet - The Pontifical Council for Social CommunicationsReflecting on the Internet, as upon all the other media of social communications, we recall that Christ is “the perfect communicator” — the norm and model of the Church's approach to communication, as well as the content that the Church is obliged to communicate. Read more... The Evolution—and Devolution—of Journalistic Ethics - MARIANNE JENNINGSJournalists are the eyes and ears of society. Read more... The Face of the Church - J. Fraser FieldAs the media reflected — and in many cases reflected quite movingly — on the greatness of the Holy Father, on his immense accomplishments as a leader of intelligence, principle, and unwavering determination, as a man of remarkable moral courage and conviction, they managed to miss the most important truths about the life and witness that was Pope John Paul II. Read more... The force (and furies) of celebrity - Rex MurphyThere is something Pavlovian about the modern mass media when they deal with any of the various extreme moments of a hyper-celebrity's life. Read more... The Lessons of America - Russell Shaw"Appalling." So the Catholic journal Commonweal pronounced the resignation this week, under Vatican pressure, of the Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J., editor of the Jesuit magazine America. Read more... The Mass Media - JAMES HITCHOCKWhen the media underwent their moral revolution during the 1970s, many professedly Christian people made no protest. Read more... The Media and Church Teaching - James HitchcockThe enlightened class obviously does not understand Catholic teachings about many things, nor does it wish to, and it gives itself license to trash those teachings. Read more... The Media's War on the Catholic Church - WILLIAM E. SIMONIt often appears as if the news media is interested in religion only when they have an opportunity to attack religious institutions. Read more... The pernicious bias that few recognize: anti-Catholicism - J. FRASER FIELDHow does it happen, that just at a time when prejudice is finally being rooted out with respect to every other identifiable group, mocking comments about the Catholic Church and her representatives are still seen as perfectly acceptable, even de rigueur in modern day Canada. Read more... The Political Obligations of Catholics - Pew Forum on Religion & Public LifeAt a recent Pew Forum event, Archbishop Chaput spoke about the balance between religious beliefs and political priorities and took questions from journalists. Read more... The Pope and Condoms - John M. HaasIt is difficult teaching moral truth in a day of instant communication and media manipulation. Read more... The Pope and the press - Father Raymond J. de SouzaFalse accusations are reverberating around the world. Read more... The Pope Versus the Vatican - George WeigelAs the events of recent months have made painfully clear, Curial incapacity can impede and even damage the evangelical mission of the most intelligent pope. Read more... The Times and Sexual Abuse by Priests - Fr. Andrew M. GreeleyThe New York Times labored mightily to bring forth a mountain of priest abusers in its recent census and produced only a mouse, as it admitted in the 12th paragraph of its sensationalist prose in "Decades of Damage”. Read more... They don’t get it - Barbara KayThe escalating furor over the Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad has morphed from questions of free speech and cultural insensitivity into a clash of two civilizations, both of which honour the same patriarch, Abraham. Read more... They don’t get much cooler - Robert FulfordMarshall McLuhan would have loved Barack Obama — not as a political leader, necessarily, but as a public figure who provides proof of a favourite McLuhan theory and a reason to develop it further. Read more... Thinking as a Catholic on Iran - David WarrenHow should Catholics think about Iran? And how should a Catholic think about Iran? Read more... Thinking with the church - Fr. Richard John NeuhausThe leadership of the Society of Jesus decided that the Rev. Thomas Reese should be replaced as editor of America magazine. Reese, who was editor for seven years, said he agreed with the decision, but apparently he later changed his mind. Read more... Those Catholic Ads - Mary KochanThere are a couple of advertisements running right now on television that are extraordinary in the Catholicism of their messages, an impression made even more striking by my sometimes seeing them appear very close together. Read more... Time Missed The Story of the Millennium - GEORGE SIM JOHNSTONTime magazine’s millennium issue failed to mention any of the immensely important contributions the Catholic Church has made to Western culture over the past 1000 years. Read more... To Whom Shall We Go? - Archbishop Timothy DolanWhen it comes to the Catholic Church, so goes the popular logic, if something happens to make you angry, always blame the Pope (or the Vatican), or the archbishop (or that darn archdiocese). Read more... Tough Questions for Islam - Charles ColsonZakaria Botros is a conservative television star with a huge audience. Read more... Trigger Shy - Gregg EasterbrookVirginia Tech and our impoverished language for evil. Read more... 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