Articles on this issue "journalism"

The Da Vinci Fallacy

Interview With Columnist and Author Amy Welborn

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First, there was "The Da Vinci Code." Now there's "De-coding Da Vinci." The latter, by writer Amy Welborn, aims to debunk the errors that permeate the best-selling novel by Dan Brown. Welborn …

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3 Principles That Can Guide Journalists

Official Points to Truth, Dignity of Individual, and Common Good

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Every journalist should strive to seek the truth, enhance the dignity of the individual, and work for the common good, says a Vatican official. Archbishop John Foley, president of the …

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The Nuns Who Pray for Journalists

Pauline Family's Pious Disciples Mark 80th Year

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For 80 years, a congregation of women religious has prayed for those working in the media. They are the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, founded on Feb. 10, 1924, by now-Blessed James …

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Where Bush and the Pope Agree, and Disagree

Interview With Journalism Fellow Andrea Kirk

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John Paul II and U.S. President George Bush have serious differences over the Iraqi war, but still try to work together on common ends, says a journalism fellow who is writing a book on the …

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The Nicaraguan episcopal conference condemned the "inhuman and detestable" murder of journalist Carlos Guadamuz, a one-time aide to then President Daniel Ortega. Guadamuz was fatally shot …

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Many Theologians in U.S. Dodging Canon-Law Norm

Journalist's Investigation Reveals Worrisome Trend on Mandatums

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A U.S. educational group is awarding its 2003 Ex Corde Ecclesiae Award to a journalist for his articles on Vatican-required mandatums for theologians at Catholic colleges. The Virginia-based …

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John Paul II received a donation from Catholic journalists of Belgium, as well as from other Belgian Catholics and faithful of the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Each year the Holy Father accepts …

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Vatican Reporters Reflect on the "Apostle Pope"

Preaching Christ Is His Passion, They Say

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Can anything new be said about John Paul II after a quarter century of pontificate? Several Vatican correspondents asked themselves this very question in the Foreign Press Room here. The …

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Church in China Overcoming Forced Division

Interview With Journalist and Missionary Father Cervellera

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The Catholic Church in China is overcoming the division caused by the Communist regime with the so-called patriotic church, says a missionary-journalist. Father Bernardo Cervellera, missionary …

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Cardinal Urges Respect for Rights in Iraq, and Sensitivity in Reporting

Roberto Tucci Says Conflict Isn't a "Soccer Match"

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A cardinal called for timely humanitarian aid, respect for POWs' rights, and the avoidance of reporting that treats the Iraqi war as if it were "a soccer match." "That Saddam Hussein and his …

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Death Takes Journalist Whose Life Was Changed by John Paul II

Domenico del Rio, a One-time Critic, Became a Disciple

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Funeral rites were held in Rome today for Domenico del Rio, considered by his colleagues as one of the best newspaper correspondents in the Vatican. He was 76. Del Rio, daily chronicler of …

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An ethics panel of Russian journalists condemned the way in which two news outlets libeled a community of Conventual Franciscans by falsely implicating the friars in a prostitution ring. The …

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John Paul II Tells What Makes a Catholic Journalist

One Demand: Don't Worry About Political Correctness

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When John Paul II met with representatives of the International Catholic Union of the Press, he challenged them with the question: "What does it mean to be a professional journalist who is …

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John Paul II Honored by Journalists Union

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John Paul II received the Golden Microphone award from a journalists union for his "abilities as a communicator." The Roman Press Association, Italy's most important labor union in the sector, …

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A Journalist Who Taught from His Wheelchair

Over 200 Colleagues Request Beatification of M.L. "Lolo" Garrido

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Over 200 journalists have given John Paul II signed letters requesting the beatification of Manuel Lozano Garrido, a writer and journalist who spent more than 28 years in a wheelchair. "We …

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