Media

A balance sheet on first anniversary of Pope’s unique media team
- Analysis
- August 1, 2017
August 1 marks the first anniversary of an American, Greg Burke, and a Spaniard, Paloma García Ovejero, taking over as the principal spokespersons for the Holy See. On the positive side of things, they’ve established a constructive and trust-based relationship with reporters covering the Vatican, which is no small feat. On the negative, neither is really taken seriously as a genuine insider.
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Can anything burst Pope’s media bubble? Nah, probably not
- Analysis
- July 23, 2017
Next March will mark the five-year anniversary of Francis’s papacy, and one interesting question is whether the broad media love affair with Francis will still be in place when that moment comes. John Allen says “probably yes,” because by now the positive narrative surrounding Francis has become so entrenched as to be basically impervious to reconsideration.
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Interested in Catholic reaction to Francis? Get off Twitter and into the trenches
- Analysis
- July 9, 2017
If all you had to go by in judging Catholic reaction to Pope Francis were press treatments and social media, you’d think it’s an all-or-nothing war between devoted supporters and fanatical critics. In the trenches, however, what you find is a spirit of root enthusiasm and loyalty, tempered with a critical edge on specific points depending on what’s most important to a particular person.
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Under the radar: South Sudan needs media attention, immediate action
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- June 25, 2017
Solidarity with South Sudan is an international network of religious congregations that was formed to train primary school teachers, health care workers, pastoral agents and sustainable farmers from all ethnic groups, learning tolerance and reconciliation along the way. The 28 nuns, priests and brothers from 20 different congregations and 20 nations living and working together in four different communities across South Sudan are a living witness of what harmony in diversity and collaboration look like.
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Zambia bishops, faith leaders warn of crisis if dictatorship results
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- June 23, 2017
In a statement, religious leaders in Zambia have criticized the actions of the country’s president, Edgar Lungu, who has harassed the media creating a situation where human rights are at risk. The leaders expressed their concerns that the president is “creating a new dictatorship.”
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CBN television chief on Christians, Israel and Trump
- Interviews, Religion News Service
- May 25, 2017
Christian Broadcasting Network CEO Gordon Robertson talks about his own experience of Israel and that of his father and sons. He discusses what he thinks the Trump administration’s relationship will be like with the Jewish state, and the state of his father’s health.
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