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Vatican can’t blame the media for spin cycles around Becciu
- Apr 4, 2021
If you stand on a balcony and chuck a brick over the side, and that brick ends up hitting somebody in the street, it’s no defense to blame the law of gravity. Similarly, if you build a PR bomb and take no steps to defuse it, you don’t get to blame the media for the blast.
Youngest children’s use of screens keeps rising; is there any limit?
- Nov 29, 2020
Common Sense Media’s recurring survey of screen usage by our youngest children was issued Nov. 16.
Vatican communication head says media must promote culture of respect
- Feb 5, 2020
Communication is meant to be constructive, to connect people and promote understanding, but too often the media have degenerated into platforms to disseminate hatred, said Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.
No, the pope doesn’t have a secret medical device … but what if he did?
- Dec 19, 2019
A report that Pope Francis is wearing a previously undisclosed medical device turned out to be bogus, but there are still lessons to be learned.
En route to Thailand, Pope Francis talks about … well, booze
- Nov 20, 2019
On an 11-hour long flight to Thailand, Pope Francis preferred a more relaxed tone.
Help unmask fake, destructive news, pope tells journalists
- Sep 23, 2019
Catholic journalists need to be able to distinguish good from evil and recognize how their words can shape the world, not just describe what has happened, Pope Francis said.
On narratives about popes and allowing oneself to be surprised
- Aug 24, 2019
When the media makes someone a star, they usually also make that person a one-dimensional cardboard cutout of themselves, popes very much included.
Violent video games factor in violent behavior but not seen as sole cause
- Aug 10, 2019
Violent video games are a problem. But they are not the problem.
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