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Restoring faith in reason amid skepticism, doubt, and fake news

November 10, 2022 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 4

Catholics are rightly fond of quoting Pope John Paul II’s opening line in his encyclical Fides et Ratio: “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of […]

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What to do when there’s fake news such as the ‘death’ of Benedict XVI: A priest responds

July 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Juan Manuel Góngora of Almería, Spain, speaks with EWTN Spanish News July 12, 2022, about the need for better verification criteria for online news. / Credit: EWTN Spanish News screenshot

Denver Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 15:27 pm (CNA).
F… […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for June 22, 2022

June 22, 2022 CWR Staff 11

Withholding the Eucharist – America Magazine argues that no one should be banned from the Eucharist. No one? Really? What about the unbaptized. Are they free to receive? What about Satanists?  The Apologetics of Abuse […]

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Pope Francis: Being ‘properly informed’ on COVID-19 vaccines is a ‘human right’

January 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis meets members of the Catholic Factchecking consortium at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Jan. 28, 2022 / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jan 28, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Friday that it is a human right to be “properl… […]

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What’s behind a false rumor about Pope Francis resigning ‘in the next few hours’?

July 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis greets staff at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, July 11, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jul 12, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Rumors started to fly around social media Monday claiming that Pope Francis was “likely” to resign from the p… […]

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Pope Francis: Witness to the truth by exposing ‘fake news’

January 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 21

Vatican City, Jan 23, 2021 / 04:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis issued a new warning about misinformation on Saturday, weeks after he was the subject of a viral “fake news” story. Writing in his World […]

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Francis, fake news, and “snake-tactics”

January 25, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

Fake news is fake. Bad press may be the result of very sound journalism. The problem is that the standard proposed by Pope Francis cannot […]

The Dispatch

Fake news and the post-truth culture

December 7, 2017 Russell Shaw 8

Although honorable, serious journalists work hard to get facts straight, the unconscious ideological bias of journalists is a real problem. […]

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