Given the current state of the press and their frequent attitude of either being totally indifferent or completely antagonistic when it comes to Christianity — and Catholicism in particular — it is refreshing to see the ongoing, as well as positive, interest in the developments
Several years ago, when addressing the topic of culture and media influence on people of faith, Pope Benedict XVI gave us a great deal of food for thought: “Believers are conditioned by a culture of images that imposes contradictory models and impulses with the effective
There is no doubt that the racist tweet launched by actress-comedian Roseanne Barr against former top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett deserved swift action by Barr’s superiors at ABC, where she had been raking in huge ratings with the reboot of her hit sitcom, “Roseanne.” Following
After the sexual harassment scandal involving movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, social media campaigns such as the #MeToo movement spread quickly. One survey by USA Today that questioned nearly 1,000 women working in the movie industry found that 94 percent claimed they also were harassed in
If I hadn’t been on a plane I would have stood up and screamed, “You have got to be kidding me!” And then I would have torn the newspaper to shreds and scattered them. But security issues being what they are, I thought it best
Recently, I had several listeners to my radio show express how shocked and disappointed they were because I was not taking the allegations concerning Donald Trump seriously. The salacious claims were made in a 35-page “dossier” that was never verified as anything but nasty rumors.
