NEWS & VIEWS

   The week that the first regular daily Catholic publication goes on line in the new phenomena of hyperspace, the roots of the Catholic Press in America are celebrated…roots that go back 175 years when even the old typewriters were yet to be invented and only the hot lead type could produce the words that Catholics across the country have been reading for one and three quarter centuries.

   To recognize the occasion, the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop John P. Foley is in the country giving four addresses on the east coast. On Friday evening in Philadelphia he received the highest honor from the American Catholic Historical Society - the coveted Barry Award, named after the man who founded the United States Navy - Commodore John Barry who was also a good Catholic.

    Archbishop Foley will address the International Catholic Association for Radio, Television and Audiovisuals in Arlington, Virginia this coming Thursday. The Conference marks the 25th anniversary of these meetings for this Catholic media group, still 150 years shy of their predecessors’ mark of 175. Yet, with the rise of high technology and instant communication, countless more souls are being reached than could ever have been dreamed of back in 1822.

Information for this article gathered from Associated Press and Catholic World News Service

November 3, 1997 volume 8, no. 22         DAILY CATHOLIC