‘How is it acceptable for someone with a 21st Century disease to be labelled an outcast by the UK media?’

The Leprosy Mission has written to UK national newspaper editors and the BBC in a bid to stop them from using derogatory language to people affected by a 21st Century disease. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 The Leprosy Mission has witnessed a proliferation of the word ‘leper’ used in the media in connection with... Read More

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June 11, 2020

The Church ‘does not make bargains,’ Brazil’s bishops tell Catholic TV

The Brazilian bishops have criticised some Catholic TV stations’ offer of support to the government in exchange for public funds and advertising revenues. ‘The Catholic Church does not make bargains. It establishes institutional relations with public agents and the constituted powers, guided by the values of the Gospel and democratic, republican, ethical and moral values.... Read More

News – World

April 29, 2020

Mafia must be prevented from taking advantage of pandemic, expert says

The mafia’s practice of exploiting vulnerable people during times of crisis is a real danger caused by the coronavirus pandemic in Italy, said an expert on organised crime. In an interview with L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, Antonio Nicaso, the expert, said that criminal organisations are “raptors” that “have always turned crises into opportunities”. Organisations... Read More

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September 11, 2019

Pope tells journalists to ‘stick to the facts’

No one really knows what the future of the news media will be, but it will have no future if reporters and the public cannot distinguish between facts and fiction, Pope Francis said. Honouring a request from Spanish news agency EFE to contribute to its collection of views about the future of the media, Pope... Read More

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December 11, 2018

Surprise! Pope makes several impromptu visits

Pope Francis made surprise visits to people receiving medical care far from their homes, to a dozen intellectually challenged young people and to the staff of a major Rome newspaper. The late-afternoon visits on 7th December to the CasAmica residence for families with a member needing long-term medical care far from home and to Il... Read More

Catholic Times, News – Vatican

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July 2, 2018

Catholics remember, mourn victims killed in Maryland newspaper shooting

While Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore offered prayers and support for the families and loved ones of five people murdered on 28th June at the offices of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, a former longtime sports editor for the newspaper mourned his friends as exceptional journalists who also were good human beings. A 38-year-old... Read More

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September 23, 2016

Don’t use media to lie, hurt, frighten, pope tells journalists

Journalists must not foment fear when covering issues or events such as forced migration due to war or famine, Pope Francis said. While criticism and exposing wrongdoing is “legitimate and, I would add, necessary,” reporters must never let their words become “a weapon of destruction” against people or nations, he told representatives of Italy’s national... Read More

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