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By Father Robert Barron. Scriptures teach us about man’s fallen nature, the enemies of the Church and how God can use unexpected instruments to bring about needed cleansing
This article has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. New provisions generally codify current practice, but spark firestorm by addressing women 'priests'
This article has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Media professionals from around world discuss challenges, opportunities in time of rapid changes
By Russell Shaw. Improvements made stateside are overshadowed by disclosures of cases in Europe, media focus on pope
By Carlos Briceno. Apostolate's use of media bears fruit in Diocese of Phoenix and beyond
By Teresa Tomeo. New report reveals startling statistics in the battle between family time and technology
By Teresa Tomeo. Unpleasant exchange with secular producer reveals bias against those with views that don’t match his
This article has free access for all visitors. By Emily Stimpson. "Lost" went where few television shows have gone before, tackling questions of salvation, damnation and faith.
By Teresa Tomeo. Several studies, including the most recent, find that young girls are increasingly being objectified on TV. (Subscription required)
Woodeene Koenig-Bricker There's a website for just about all things Catholic, from Mass times around the globe to the pope's fan club
This article has free access. By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker. There's a website for just about all things Catholic, from Mass times around the globe to the pope's fan club
By Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. One would think that self-respect would cause people to act in a civilized way...
This article has free access for all visitors. By Gregory Erlandson and Matthew Bunson. What the sexual abuse crisis is and what it is not
In a new documentary, a former runway model asks teens to reject media’s harmful depictions of beauty
Editorial
By Teresa Tomeo. Individual Catholics should feel empowered to speak up about objectionable media content
Internet, other media encourage cruelty without stopping to consider inherent dignity of others.
This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Media’s snide attacks and refusal to see Church’s genuine and far-reaching reform efforts must stop
This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Catholics need to hear truth behind the headlines, or else true renewal and reform cannot take hold
Our takes
Homosexual characters abound on TV shows, but good luck finding a practicing, faith-filled Catholic
By Teresa Tomeo. Fellow plane passenger was right on target in comments about our media-saturated culture
This article has free access for all visitors. By Valerie Schmalz. Grassroots efforts mushrooming and claiming success in reducing number of abortions
Opinion of PR person should carry weight in decision-making process
By Mark Shea. His second installment of ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ is resonating with Protestant, Jewish scholars. (Subscription required)
Podcasting, dubbed 'the new medium for the new evangelization,' is catching on rapidly as a teaching and evangelizing tool for the faith.
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The important thing about good news is that it strengthens us and inspires us to do good.
Catholic media convocation was a moment to celebrate the wonder of the sacraments
Families can try fasting from all electronic media during Advent, Lent, expert advises
Our Take for May 2, 2010
OSV columnist will debut a national television program on Oct. 3
Free access for all visitors. Compiled by OSV staff. You picked em! The very best of the Catholic Web in four categories.
Letters to the Editor about the media, ordination, Gulf oil spill, drones and EWTN
This column by John Norton has free access for all visitors.
This column by John Norton has free access for all visitors. Recent remarks by Pope Benedict XVI stress the importance of Catholic newspapers
By John Norton. A healthy-sized contingent from Our Sunday Visitor attended the Catholic Media Convention last month in Pittsburgh.
By John Norton. We begin our celebration of 100 years of publishing
By John Norton. USA Today story on sex abuse in public schools should have received a lot more attention
By John Norton. At the beginning of September, Our Sunday Visitor officially launched a yearlong marking of its centenary.
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Catholic periodicals are a critical component of ongoing faith formation
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Debate on the way the Vatican released new norms on sex abuse
By Mark Sullivan. Catholics use arts, media and literature to transmit the Good News
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. We are blessed to have a number of exceptional leaders.
Emily Stimpson Catholic blogs, podcasts and online forums need quality, creativity in order to reach people, conference speakers say
This article has free access for all visitors. By Emily Stimpson. Catholic blogs, podcasts and online forums need quality, creativity in order to reach people, conference speakers say
By Teresa Tomeo. Make sure the video games and DVDs you give kids match your values this Christmas
The greatest mission of the Catholic media, and in fact of all the faithful, is to proclaim the Gospel
A 'crisis of faith' for the secular media
By Teresa Tomeo. New measure offers hope to Catholic families wanting to protect kids from vile TV content
By Teresa Tomeo. New report finds that most non-married sex is portrayed during television's 'family hour'
By Teresa Tomeo. Toymaker’s decision to associate Barbie dolls with risque adult television drama is no joking matter
Diocese launches a multimedia blitz to draw Catholics back to Mass
By Emily Stimpson. In book, Knights of Columbus leader finds a greater moral consensus than the media, pundits suggest.
By Greg Erlandson. What if Catholics were as consistent, committed and as on message as Planned Parenthood?
Our Takes. New study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows disturbing trend
The media reports miss the most amazing story in the public square, God's intervention.
Religion journalists discuss why secular media often get faith wrong
Host interviews authors to examine culture through Christian lens
Pope Benedict XVI gave a talk last month about the lights and shadows of modern means of social communications
Our Takes. An influential Italian Jesuit magazine has accused the mass media in Europe and the U.S. of propagating hostility against the Catholic Church
This article has free access for all visitors. By Russell Shaw. Mutual incomprehension between journalists and the Vatican has been central to the blunders and hostilities in sex abuse coverage
By embracing the arts and educating in the faith, Catholics can influence how the Church is portrayed and perceived
By embracing the arts and educating in the faith, Catholics can influence how the Church is portrayed and perceived
By embracing the arts and educating in the faith, Catholics can influence how the Church is portrayed and perceived
By Emily Stimpson. Seven keys on how Catholics can Google, surf, tweet and blog in a faithful manner
This article has free access for all visitors. Openers column by Sarah Hayes.
In a rapidly changing media world, the Catholic press must keep up in order to fulfill its mission
Watching unscripted lives of ordinary people on screen can be fun, but viewers must beware of potentially immoral and grave messages
By Delia Gallagher. A member of the Vatican press corps gives a behind-the-scenes account of traveling with Benedict to the United States
By Teresa Tomeo. Resisting a viewpoint that supports culture of death, moral relativism is everyone's job
By Teresa Tomeo. Weekly media-free night could sober up our families from over-saturation of technology
By John Norton. Next year OSV Newsweekly celebrates its 100th anniversary
No TV producer pours energy into a project without hoping that it will have some sort of influence on people’s lives.
This editorial column has free access for all visitors. This crisis has always been profoundly spiritual.
This editorial column has free access for all visitors. While the past is impossible to defend, the present is a different story.
By Teresa Tomeo. Armed with Catholic media coverage, you can set your neighbors straight on Church news
By Ann Carey. Sisters used opportunity to show the talk queen's audience what authentic religious life looks like
Perusing the newspaper begs the question: Are we supposed to be horrified or titillated?
Broadcast decency debate is heading to the Supreme Court, but grassroots action needed
Culture reviews for January 23, 2011. (Subscription required)
By Teresa Tomeo. Pro-life ministry lives out pope's message on harnessing media to spread Christ's love
By Russell Shaw. Making sense of information in today’s media-saturated world requires regular cultivation of quiet contemplation
By Teresa Tomeo. Why we should worry about a new study reporting an increase in media multitasking among Americans
By Teresa Tomeo. Cloth’s authenticity may be uncertain, but it makes sense that God would try to reach us using an image
Our Takes, Brief salient observations and opinions on the news
Archbishop John Foley suggests being honest about human failings in the sex-abuse crisis
By Teresa Tomeo. Pontiff goes high-tech, making this year's World Youth Day the 'most innovative' one yet
By Greg Erlandson. But our desire to avoid the topic may be part of the problem. Catholics need to stand up, not shut up
By Emily Stimpson. Just because a movie, blog or app is Catholic doesn’t mean it’s good.
By Russell Shaw. Why don’t Catholics read or even know about important Church documents?Any solution means overcoming indifference and lack of effort to know more
Columnist Robert Lockwood ‘can’t stands no more’ breathless media coverage of past abuse while ignoring present cases
This article FREE to registered users! Podcasts and satellite radio are among the latest venues where Church leaders share their message.
By Greg Erlandson. Everyone is hot with rage these days; now it is time to be on fire for something else — the Faith
By Mary DeTurris Poust. They bring immediate coverage and provide perspectives that are not seen in the traditional media
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Emily Stimpson. Catholic media leaders share their insights on Catholic engagement and evangelization in the digital world.
By Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. Ironically, they attack religion with a zeal that far exceeds that of the religious people they call 'fanatics.'
Openers by John Norton
By Emily Stimpson. Priest’s multimedia project illuminates richness of the Church’s teachings, art, architecture, worship and saints
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