Greg Erlandson is an award-winning Catholic publisher, editor and journalist whose column appears monthly at OSV News.
It has been 10 years since Pope Francis was elected to the See of Peter. During this time, his scorecard of accomplishments has been impressive: He has published three encyclicals and five apostolic exhortations. He has made 40 foreign trips and counting.
To mark the closing of the U.S. offices of Catholic News Service, its director, Greg Erlandson, a former publisher and president of Our Sunday Visitor, pays tribute to the journalists who have made a profound impact on the Church through their work
Every year around Christmas time, a holiday cactus blooms rich red blossoms. Throughout the rest of the year, the Christmas cactus looks vaguely alien, with flat, dark green spiky leaves reminiscent of claws, the branches arched as if predatory insects. But come