Pope asks Vatican media to reduce spending as they share the Gospel October 31, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication that the Vatican and the Catholic Church need their expertise to share the Gospel, but he also asked them to find creative ways to do it while cutting their expenses.
Dioceses slam fake Catholic newspapers seen as part of ‘pink slime’ election ploy October 24, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Journalism, News, World News A number of U.S. Catholic dioceses and their bishops have issued statements disavowing fake Catholic newspapers that have resurfaced in swing states ahead of the presidential election to target Catholic voters on key issues.
Russian ban of religious websites ‘blocks truth,’ says Ukrainian religious news service editor October 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Russia’s latest blockage of Western religious websites and social media accounts tightens the Kremlin’s chokehold on Russian residents’ information access, the editor of a Ukrainian religious news outlet told OSV News.
Are you a media apostle? September 10, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, social media The push to constantly create can take its toll on a person and his or her relationships, both with others and with God.
Radio Interview: Baltimore sportscaster reflects on his career and Catholic faith August 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Sports Retired Baltimore sportscaster Mark Viviano, a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, spoke with George Matysek about his career and his decision to leave it behind.
Catholic Review Media launches Spanish-language podcast August 8, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Journalism, Local News, News Working in partnership with the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Hispanic Ministry, Catholic Review Media has launched a new Spanish-language podcast.
Radio Interview: Global Catholic Communications August 5, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with two stalwarts of Catholic communications to discuss the challenges of communicating today.
Communicators advised to ‘challenge your assumptions’ for reaching Latino Catholics August 5, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, World News Earnestly listening to Latino Catholics in the church, including their perspectives in Catholic content, and showing their diversity in media visuals are crucial ways for Catholic media to reach those audiences, Latino Catholic leaders told Catholic communications professionals during a panel discussion June 20.
Tony Spence, Catholic journalism veteran, dies at 71; called his work ‘a vocation I truly love’ July 30, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Anthony J. “Tony” Spence, former director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service, died July 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long illness. He was 71. “The Catholic Media Association is grateful to God for the life of Tony Spence,” Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News and president of the CMA board, and Rob DeFrancesco, […]
Nicaraguan government removes Radio María from airwaves July 12, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, World News The Nicaraguan government closed the country’s most prominent Catholic radio station as the Sandinista regime continues to persecute the church and increasingly infringe on citizens’ religious freedom and the ability to worship.
Catholic Review wins 53 awards for 2023 work, captures top prizes from MDDC again June 26, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News Catholic Review Media received 53 awards from various press associations for work published in 2023, including top honors from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association as News Organization of the Year for the sixth year in a row.
Florida Catholic’s Ana Rodriguez-Soto wins 2024 St. Francis de Sales Award June 24, 2024By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Ana Rodriguez-Soto, who recently retired as editor of the Florida Catholic, Miami edition, is the recipient of the 2024 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Media Association.
