Jeffrey Epstein is accused of buying and selling young girls, writes Simcha Fisher, and games over semantics (is it “pedophilia” or “ephebophilia”?) means we are not truly fighting for justice for his victims.
Journalism
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Kickball, Sia and 3 a.m. pizza: An O’Hare Fellow reflects on his year at America Media
You need to find laughs wherever you can; God is in laughter.
Posted inFaith, News
Msgr. Kozar of CNEWA called a journalism ‘champion’ who sets standard for publishers
Msgr. John Kozar, president of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and publisher of CNEWA’s ONE magazine, is the 2019 winner of the Catholic Press Association’s Bishop John England Award.
Posted inFaith, News
Father Tom Rosica resigns as CEO of Salt and Light
Rosica has faced allegations of plagiarizing the written work of several authors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Roger Angell’s love for our national pastime
Joe Bonomo’s well-written take on Roger Angell’s musings on baseball.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Church leaders across Asia alarmed over decline in press freedom
Church leaders across Asia have expressed alarm over threats to press freedom amid reports of increasing attacks and intimidation of journalists, resulting in growing levels of self-censorship.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
John Dickerson of CBS News: Journalism keeps me humble
All journalists should be humble because we are so often wrong.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
How would Catholic media cover Jack and Jill falling down? A thought experiment
From 1977: How Catholic journals covered the perilous journey of Jack and Jill up that treacherous hill in 1977.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
The Catholic nun stories that haven’t gone viral (yet)
Every day and on every continent women religious are doing life-saving, cutting-edge work in hospitals and research laboratories, refugee camps and prisons. Dawn Araujo-Hawkins tells their stories.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Journalist at abuse summit: The press is not the enemy of the church
“The faithful do not forgive the lack of transparency because it is a new assault on the victims,” Valentina Alazraki, a Mexican television reporter, told the 190 church leaders attending the Vatican summit on the protection of minors.