Catholic Media Journal

In the days since Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States, the media have been reacting to and commenting on the trip, the Pope, what he said and what he did. And there will be much more commentary coming from many directions. One interesting report I heard was a 12-minute Vatican Radio story in which [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Washington today, and so did our Franciscan University of Steubenville Media crew. There are 12 of us, and after a late departure from Steubenville - I had to switch to another rental van because of mechanical difficulties - we arrived at the site of our first video story: The John Paul II Cultural Center near [...]

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Communication Arts students from Franciscan University of Steubenville will be in Washington, D.C., April 15-18, to produce a reality-based television mini-series during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit.
Their production will be one of the first professionally produced documentaries to tell the true story of how college students are positively influenced by their religion and how they are [...]

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Real-time Real-world on-location report. Well, this first audio report is from my office at Franciscan University of Steubenville. I’m looking forward to our trip to Washington for Pope Benedict’s visit, and having the chance to share the trip with you.

Jim Coyle

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American Public Media’s “Speaking of Faith” with Krista Tippett is inviting people to share their stories and reflections about the Catholic church to help express “the humanness of Catholic identity.” As noted on their website:
 We’re using the occasion [of Pope Benedict's U.S. visit] as an opportunity to start a broad-ranging conversation about the rich tradition of Roman Catholicism [...]

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