The second is by contributing to diocesan newspapers, which, however, Lawler predicted will be extinct in a generation due to declining church attendance and readership. Unfortunately, the liberally-biased secular media filters the truth. Graver still, the secular media chooses to leave the public completely ignorant of many important stories by not reporting them at all. Moreover, Catholic journalism, by drawing upon the wisdom of over two millennia of Church teaching and wisdom, can provide much needed perspective in determining which stories are newsworthy before transmitting them to the public. For too long the modern media has been on the wrong side of the culture war.
Catholic journalists have an opportunity to change that.
Lively questions followed Lawler's formal remarks and continued throughout the reception in the Chapel crypt. I think Catholic journalists will be successful because they have a higher goal than simply getting a story which catches the public's interest. They are seeking first and foremost the truth.