Detroit TV personality Chuck Gaidica’s ‘Breaking News’: He Returned to the Church

Detroit TV personality Chuck Gaidica’s ‘Breaking News’: He Returned to the Church

Chuck Gaidica has been in the TV business for more than 40 years, telling the stories of Detroiters as a well-known figure in the community. But on a blustery fall evening at Holy Trinity Parish in Port Huron, Michigan, about 60 miles northeast of Detroit, the award-winning newsman reported on a story on which he…

U.S. Bishops’ 102-year-old news outlet to close at end of 2022

U.S. Bishops’ 102-year-old news outlet to close at end of 2022

Due to “significant realignment,” U.S.-based Catholic News Service (CNS), the news agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will end domestic operations at the end of 2022. “These changes, although painful, will allow the remaining functions — including the Catholic News Service Rome Bureau and the Office of Public Affairs — a more sustainable…

Cardinal George Pell: Australian media fined A$1.1m over trial reports

Cardinal George Pell: Australian media fined A$1.1m over trial reports

BBC—A court has fined 12 Australian media groups a total of A$1.1m (£600,000; $840,000) for their coverage of Cardinal George Pell’s now-overturned conviction in a sexual abuse case. The outlets admitted to breaching a legal order in 2018, which banned them from reporting the verdict at the time. A judge rejected arguments that their news…

Catholic Marketing Network announces the launch of the interactive online CMN Marketplace

Catholic Marketing Network announces the launch of the interactive online CMN Marketplace

Catholic Marketing Network (CMN) president Alan Napleton this week announced the official launch of organization’s “CMN Marketplace.” “For over a quarter of a century, CMN has been the premiere membership network to support the success of Catholic businesses and ministries,: says Napleton, although it originally launched as a trade association between Catholic retailers and vendors.…

Top Editors Rapidly Resigning,  Corporate Media now controlled by extreme nihilists

Top Editors Rapidly Resigning, Corporate Media now controlled by extreme nihilists

Media moguls are resigning at a head-spinning rate, an irrational reaction that’s setting impossible standards and ceding immense power to an unreasonable group of fringe ideologues. This last week has been ridiculous. It may ultimately prove to be a turning point in our culture, one that will cause much further strife. Top editors are rapidly…

A Young Catholic Editor talks about Faith, Politics, Pope Francis and the Subtle Tyranny of Social Media

A Young Catholic Editor talks about Faith, Politics, Pope Francis and the Subtle Tyranny of Social Media

When the late William F. Buckley set out to find a religion editor for National Review, he was careful to choose a Protestant. Though a Catholic himself, Buckley feared that his magazine—by then, already the flaghship of American conservatism—was becoming “too Catholic.” Eventually, he settled on a bombastic Lutheran minister named Richard John Neuhaus. Alas…

It Doesn’t Matter Who You Are, It Always Comes Back to Faith: Rush Limbaugh, stage 4 lung cancer, Congressional medal of Freedom

It Doesn’t Matter Who You Are, It Always Comes Back to Faith: Rush Limbaugh, stage 4 lung cancer, Congressional medal of Freedom

He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom at last night’s State of the Union, not because everyone agrees or disagrees with him, not because he is has followed his passion, done what he loves and attracted as of 2020 an audience of 27 million, but because Rush Limbaugh tirelessly, and with entertaining humor appreciated…

Humility should be cornerstone of professional journalism, pope tells journalists

Humility should be cornerstone of professional journalism, pope tells journalists

Vatican City, May 18, 2019 / 07:08 am (CNA)– Pope Francis told journalists Saturday that their profession has a great responsibility, the foundation of which should be humility. “Humility is an essential virtue for spiritual life; but I would say that it can also be a fundamental element of your profession,” the pope said May…

Interview with Portrait Photographer of Saints Mother Teresa and John Paul II

Interview with Portrait Photographer of Saints Mother Teresa and John Paul II

Renown portrait photographer Michael Collopy, a devout Catholic, is about as humble as you can get. Yet his easy-to-know manner and quick smile belie his extraordinary talent with people and the camera.  The subjects of his work would agree, who include Saint John Paul II and Saint Mother Teresa, as well as Mick Jagger, Bono,…

Former George H.W. Bush Speechwriter on Why the President Was Shy About Talking About His World War II Service in Public

Former George H.W. Bush Speechwriter on Why the President Was Shy About Talking About His World War II Service in Public

Catholic Business Journal writers felt this short piece captured excellently what few others did, namely an inside glimpse at the noble and interesting profession of speech-writing. TIME, by Mary Kate Cary—I joined the Bush-Quayle presidential campaign in the summer of 1988 when I was 25, writing something called the “line of the day”—a one-page memo…

Christian filmmakers threatened with fines and jail time for refusing to cover same sex weddings

Christian filmmakers threatened with fines and jail time for refusing to cover same sex weddings

Facing the threat of heavy fines and up to 90 days in prison, two Christian filmmakers appeared in court tomorrow to stop Minnesota from forcing them to produce and create films supporting same sex marriage. Filmmakers Carl and Angel Larsen assert that doing so would violate their religious beliefs. Jeremy Tedesco – Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom – believes the…

Daniel A. Burke Named President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News

Daniel A. Burke Named President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News

EWTN Global Catholic Network has named Daniel A. Burke to the post of President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, Inc. effective Aug. 17, 2018. Burke, who has been serving as the Executive Director of EWTN’s National Catholic Register, will oversee and direct the activities the Network’s global news operations, which include “EWTN News Nightly…

The Undisputed Master of Public Relations Harold Burson talks about the business of persuasion

The Undisputed Master of Public Relations Harold Burson talks about the business of persuasion

If you missed The Mentors Radio Show live interview with Harold Burson, co-founder of the world’s largest PR firm Burson-Marsteller and a man of exceptional generosity and principles, no problem.  The podcast version is available here, and an extra, private interview is available by signing up for the podcast (free). To pique your interest, below…

On The Mentors Radio: Harold Burson, the Godfather of PR

On The Mentors Radio: Harold Burson, the Godfather of PR

Following is an interesting article by Alex Benady for PRWeek on Harold Burson, one worth reading to the end.  Even better, hear him in person as The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie interviews Mr. Burson in person on the show’s upcoming episode. Find a podcast of the show here. The photo reflects Mr. Bruson back…