Journalism

Tony Spence, Catholic journalism veteran, dies at 71; called his work ‘a vocation I truly love’

July 30, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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, 2024
By 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.

Vatican communications prefect on using Rupnik art: ‘I don’t think we have to throw stones’

June 22, 2024
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News

On the final day of the Catholic Media Conference in Atlanta, the prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication addressed questions posed by journalists about the dicastery’s regular practice of posting art by Father Marko Rupnik — a Rome-based priest accused of sexually abusing multiple women — on the Vatican News website and social media, especially to illustrate church feast days.

Bishop Reed: Catholic communications is ‘journeying alongside people in faith’

June 20, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, World News

Catholic communications is more than “delivering a message,” but rather “journeying alongside people in faith,” said the chair of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ communications committee.

Religious freedom among values threatened by world media, experts say at conference

May 9, 2024
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News

– The need for quality journalism and media ethics is increasingly high, experts underlined at the academic conference “Media for Man” organized by Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. “At this point, it is a matter of people’s security,” the organizers said.

Little Sisters of the Poor honored with “Fishers of Men” award

May 7, 2024
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News

“They revere the sacredness of human life,” Archbishop Lori told more than 200 people who gathered April 27 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., for Guadalupe Radio Network’s benefit dinner that honored the Little Sisters of the Poor with its “Fishers of Men” award.

Pope asks broadcasters to share the truth, not spread ideology

March 25, 2024
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News

Media outlets have a responsibility to share the truth, not spread ideologies, Pope Francis said.

Church Militant to shut down as defamation saga ignited by a radical traditionalist sect concludes

March 5, 2024
By Damien Fisher
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News

Trapped in a vortex of scandal, the Ferndale, Mich.-based Church Militant is shutting down, the concluding chapter for the online news outlet thanks to a legal drama set in motion by a fringe traditionalist group and its canon lawyer, who is accused of defaming a New Hampshire priest on the opposite side of a canonical dispute.

If Catholic media doesn’t share Christ’s teachings, who will?

February 19, 2024
By Gretchen R. Crowe
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism

The mission of the Catholic press to share Christ’s truth with the world has never been more critical.

Getting off the sidelines: Sportscaster Mark Viviano eager to share his Catholic faith

February 5, 2024
By Gerry Jackson
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Sports

Mark Viviano has been reporting about Baltimore sports for more than 30 years, but now he says it is time to get in the game of sharing his faith more fully.