The pope told employees of the Italian state broadcasting corporation, RAI, that their work should be "a response to the needs of citizens," and he encouraged them to serve the common good "with a spirit of universal openness."
Why do Catholics and other Christians seem to gravitate to the passive-aggressive put-down technique of one-upmanship? It’s easy to imagine one of the disciples saying, “You like John? Why don’t you like Peter? What’s wrong with Peter? He’s just as good as
It behooves all of us to be thoughtful in our speech and our writing, and to train our tongues and pens to anticipate the unforgiving down-shouter tendencies of a world that barely hears before it bellows a return
Today we live in a culture with sharp edges and sharper opinions. It seems we or those around us are always in attack mode, more likely to offer criticism than we are help or praise. David Mills offers two ways Christians can
What does conversational intelligence, Pope Francis and media have in common? Gretchen Crowe reflects on the interconnectedness of these three things in her latest column. Commenting on Pope Francis’ message for World Day of Social Communications, celebrated this year on May 21,
We Catholics are fighting too much amongst ourselves. Our sometimes unclear, not-careful-enough leadership doesn't always help the faithful bring our best selves forward, so that we may be a church speaking credibly to the world of Christ.
All the uncharitable anger we're spewing
Good journalism has to be creative and promote communication that focuses on dialogue, intelligence and helping build active communities, said the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.
Paolo Ruffini, the prefect, said the challenge of good journalism is to find new ways
Catholic communicators need to use extra care and educational efforts to combat a situation where some media "become places of toxicity, hate speech and fake news," Pope Francis said.
In a message to members of Signis, the World Catholic Association for Communication, the
Associate editor Ava Lalor writes about an ad she recently encountered featuring a friendly robot geared toward helping kids with social interactions and emotional processing. While it seems like a fun product at first glance, Lalor shares her concerns with this new
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that, despite changes in the way people receive their news, the Church still has good news to tell: “Reliable reporting, and good Catholic commentary, still are needed by Catholics, but this country, and Western Europe, are facing a