The church needs to pay more attention to the moral impact of screens on our identity, agency and relationships.
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Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I didn’t watch the Amy Coney Barrett hearings—and I’m a better Christian for it.
When I am always angry and distraught, it is harder to be a good wife, mother, writer, Christian. The full throttle news life makes me a worse person, and it’s voluntary.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Bishop Barron: Catholic Twitter could learn a lot from St. Thomas Aquinas
Bishop Robert Barron raises concerns about the way that Catholics conduct themselves on social media and gives some suggestions for how they might better embody Christ online.
Posted inCulture, Faith
Remembering Regis Philbin: TV stalwart and Catholic school grad
An alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where his funeral service will be held, Philbin lived a life informed by his Catholic faith.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Holy Communion: Not banned in Toronto
Church officials had been in regular conversation with Toronto and Ontario officials and received enthusiastic approval of the plan the diocese put in motion to reopen churches and restore Communion at Mass.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Bishop Robert Barron on Internet ministry, Black Lives Matter and the art of dialogue
Jesuitical interviews Bishop Robert Barron.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Is the Gospel propaganda?
Strictly speaking, anyone spreading ideas, good or bad, engages in propaganda. Preaching is propaganda. St. Paul wrote propaganda.
Posted inMagazine, Of Many Things
The evolution of ‘America’
This summer, America will shift to a monthly frequency, but our position in relation to the news cycle has not changed.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How (and why) to reinvent journalism as we know it
Victor Pickard wants to help “reinvent journalism” by working out a new economic model based on some sort of public subsidy for reporting outlets all over the country.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope’s ‘virtual’ congregations show true unity in prayer, Jesuit says
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, former Vatican press officer, reflects on how Pope Francis is able to reach out to the faithful via the media during the pandemic.