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Journalism
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Why you (yes you) should care about theology
A conversation with theologian, reporter and novelist Tara Isabella Burton
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic community among mourners for newspaper shooting victims
While Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore offered prayers and support for the families and loved ones of five people murdered June 28 at the offices of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, a former longtime sports editor for the newspaper mourned his friends as exceptional journalists who also were good human beings.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Catholic media must not fall behind in digital age
Pope Francis said that the use of new digital platforms requires a willingness to accept that “the attachment to the past may prove to be a dangerous temptation.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What does it mean to be an immigrant in Trump’s America?
The paradox of being from two places but having no real home is a phenomenon all immigrants grapple with. Jorge Ramos is no stranger to that experience.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The trouble with being the ‘only Latino in the room’
A lack of diversity on cable news means that white men get to disagree with each other, but Latinos are mistakenly thought to have one viewpoint.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican: Claim that pope denied hell’s existence is unreliable
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.”
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Problem with Local Journalism
More and more public policy is being decided at the state level but trustworthy sources of information about state capitals are fast disappearing.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican magazine: Nuns are often treated like servants by cardinals and bishops
“Behind all this is the unfortunate idea…that priests are everything in the church while sisters are nothing.”
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
The case against hot takes
We live in an age of opinion writers telling us that we live in an age of [insert sweeping generalization here].