The Spring issue of Church, Communication and Culture is now online! Featuring an Editorial on the communication style of the late Pope Benedict XVI, it also includes Highlights of Church news in 2022, articles on Woke culture, Youtube influencers, and much more. tandfonline.com/toc/rchu20/8/1…

Silence gives value to words once they are spoken. This reflection, by Benedict XVI, has taken on even greater meaning since his death on 31/12/22. Our new issue opens with Nicolás Massmann's analysis of the late pope's communication style. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

2022 began with international crisis and ended with the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Diego Contreras reviews the media coverage of the Church in the past year, including the Pope's appeals for peace between 🇷🇺&🇺🇦, the German Synodal Path, and much more. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The social awakening initiated by the BLM movement has evolved into opposition to the US's colonial origins. But is deconstructing the past and resignifying the present compatible with seeking truth and preserving identity? By Sonsoles Madrid Gil. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

While hunger for news seems insatiable, distrust in media content seems to be growing. perezlatre, Sádaba-Chalezquer & Bringué suggest how the anthropology of work can help media professionals care about integrity and public trust. Pontificia Università della Santa Croce tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Journalists’ interest in Vatican II made it the most important institutional media event in the 20th century and created an unprecedented communication challenge for the Church. See Txema Díaz-Dorronsoro’s analysis on how the Vatican met this task. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

What effect does religious background have on communication? A study of Catholics and Muslims in 🇩🇪 explores how religious beliefs can lead to misinterpretations and misunderstandings in interactions with public services. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… URJC Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

Challenging the truthfulness of a guardian of the truth does not happen often. Rindsberg has critically analyzed some of the failures of US media giant, the New York Times. See review of "The Gray Lady Winked" by J. Langan. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Fr. Godfridus Langaniems Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

The CIASE commission that examined cases of sexual abuse in the Church in 🇫🇷 may have been independent without being neutral: this is the thesis of Deheuvels and Picquart in "Le rapport Sauvé: une manipulation?" Review by Michael J. Mazza. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

In "The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision" Bachiochi explores origins of feminism in 🇺🇸, based on responsibility to God, self, family & society. Confrontation with the movement's modern face reveals 2 different feminisms. Review by Rev. Jordi Pujol tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Anche #PapaFrancesco è #churchcom

Working in Lisbon at JMJ Lisboa 2023, you cannot miss a trip to visit the wonderful and historical city of #coimbra ! Great tour organized by Center of Portugal. Viva #portugal, #centerofportugal and #jmj2023

Registrations for Seminar for journalists covering #religion (September 9-14 2024, Rome) are open. See the program here➡️church-communication.net/english-progra… Scholarships available! Pontificia Università della Santa Croce #churchupclose #catholicchurch #coveringreligion #communication

Applications for the 2024 edition of The Church Up Close are open until June 10. Apply here➡️church-communication.net/application-20… Scholarhips available!

The Cathedral of Rome, St John the Lateran, packed with faithful to offer the Mass for pope Francis

After 2h in line, we reached piazza san Pietro! Exiting to give the last greeting to Pope Leo XIV

Examining the philosophical conditions for dialogue in a polarized world, Francesc Torralba (U. Ramon Llull (URL)) emphasizes mutual learning between differing viewpoints, especially between believers and non-believers. #dialogue #communication #Philosophy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Masferrer (Universitat València ) analyzes the shifting legal status of abortion in Spain (1984-2024) in comparative context, advocating for fundamental rights. #abortion #humanrights #law #Spain tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This new book is the fruit of an excellent team-work with amazing scholars from all-over the world, and a first step of a Research Group at Pontificia Università della Santa Croce "University & Catholic Identity" leaded by my colleague José Mª LaPorte.

Strahle (University of Illinois Springfield) uses a critical-cultural lens to explore communication traditions of #military chaplains in #wartime, considering religious diversity in the U.S. National Guard. #militarychaplains #communication #religion #ethics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…