How are You Covering the Pope's Visit to America
MEDIA ADVISORY, March 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Between April 15 and April 20, Americans will get their first visit from one of the world's most prominent leaders. While Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger visited the United States five times previously, the now Pope Benedict XVI makes this maiden journey at an interesting time in U.S. history. Americans are in the midst of a controversial and heated presidential campaign in which many of the key issues important to U.S. Catholic and other values voters are in play. It is expected that Benedict will address topics of personal morality, social justice, and the Church's relationship with other religions when he visits the heart of U.S. political activity in the nation's capital and addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City.
Roman Catholics are the largest single Christian denomination in the United States with slightly more than 65 million members. The Catholic Church in the United States is one of the most respected and influential voices in the country and in the world.
While he is in the United States, Pope Benedict will celebrate his 81st birthday on April 16 and his 3rd anniversary as Pope on April 19.
The Maximus Group, the leading Catholic communications agency in the United States, has assembled a variety of spokespersons to speak on aspects of Pope Benedict XVI's life, theology and pontificate. Here is a sampling of commentators available:
Greg Erlandson, President and Publisher for Our Sunday Visitor, one of the nation's oldest and largest Catholic publishers - OSV newspaper has been covering US Catholic issues for nearly 100 years.
John Norton, former Rome bureau correspondent for Catholic News Service and international news anchor for Vatican Radio, currently Editor for OSV's weekly
Dr. Matthew Bunson, Advisor to the current Causes of Canonization for two Saints, Author of We Have a Pope! - first biography on Pope Benedict XVI, USA Today special consultant
Amy Welborn, Popular author and blogger (authored response to Da Vinci Code)
Michael Dubruiel, editor of Questions and Answers: Pope Benedict XVI, author of a series of books on Catholic topics
Brennan Pursell, Professor at DeSales University, Author of Benedict of Bavaria (New release - March 25, 2008)
Fr. David Toups, Associate Director of the Secretariat for Clergy at the USCCB, Author, Reclaiming Your Priestly Character (Released January 2008)
Mark Shea, Senior Editor for CatholicExchange.com, popular blogger
Christopher Kaczor, Ph.D., Former Fulbright Scholar, Author and Director of Catholic University of America Honors Program in Philosophy, Has met with Pope Benedict
John Henry Crosby, Founder and director of the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project, Met with Pope Benedict about the Project
Joanna Bogle, Author, based in Great Britain, working on biography of Pope called "The Benedict Code"
Thomas Peters, Young, Popular Blogger on the Pope
Christopher West, Research Fellow at Theology of the Body Institute, Cultural Commentator on sexuality and personal morality
Dr. Pia de Solenni, expert on Women's Issues, Moral Theologian and Cultural Commentator
Michael Voris, Popular host of The One, True Faith covering all Catholic issues and topics
Full biographies of these commentators and their topics are available.
The Maximus Group, LLC The Maximus Group, a Catholic communications agency, first offered this unprecedented service to the media in 2005 at the time of the passing of Pope John Paul II, during the days of the interregnum and the papal conclave, and concluding with the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and his installation as Pope Benedict XVI. At that time 95 percent of the media outlets Maximus contacted worked with at least one expert commentator for regular appearances on their news programs and commentary in their publications, making Maximus the "one-stop shop" for media during this period. In fact, time and again media outlets return to Maximus for this service and have commented that when faced with a need for commentary from a Catholic perspective, "all roads lead to Maximus."
Maximus' mission includes providing the news media with reliable, informed, unbiased sources who can participate in intelligent discussions on topics that include a relevant and sometimes entertaining perspective from the Catholic space.
For interview requests or additional information, please contact Ashley Walker at 678-990-9032 or visit www.maximusnewspub.com.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
What are the Dangers of Being Religious
What are the Dangers of Being Religious
ENUMCLAW, Wash., March 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Beverly Medley Jones spends her days on the streets of Ohio spreading hope to a lost generation. The message she shares focuses on a relationship with Jesus Christ, rather than religious traditions, rules, or regulations.
Jones, author of "A Seat at the Master's Table", by Winepress Publishing, says, "The premise of this book is that God, our Father, invites us to have dialogue with Him. The writing is informal, conversational, comfortable, and relaxed, as if you were enjoying dinner conversation with God."
Although raised in a conservative home, Jones admits to having lived a double life filled with rebellion as a teenager and young adult. At age 22, she approached her father, a Baptist minister, who comforted her with the words of Scripture. It was then that Jones put her faith in God and turned from her life of pain and uncertainty.
As a new Christian, Beverly felt compelled to tell others about her faith and started witnessing on the streets of her hometown, Medina, Ohio. Soon she was joined by other believers, and together they began Stronghold Ministries. In addition to their street ministry, Stronghold Ministries visited nursing homes, Cleveland City Mission, St. Herman's mission, and held Christian music festivals.
"I went to church all my life, but did not accept Christ until adulthood, so I understand the dangers of being religious." The dangers she alludes to include hypocrisy, unbelief, and pride. "To believe big means to acknowledge the integrity of God. It is not wishing or hoping that God's Word is true, but knowing it is true."
Jones' first book, "Dialogue with the Master", released in June, 2005. Designed for new believers, the book contains 24 modern-day parables to show how God communicates with us. "A Seat at the Master's Table", #2 in the "Dialogue" series, is intended for Christians seeking the next steps in spiritual maturity. An intervention specialist for special needs students, Jones acts as chapel leader at Cleveland City Mission's Women's Shelter, is on the board of Cleveland area's BRIDGE the Gap Community and Educational Foundation, and has taught school in the Cleveland area for 27 years. She has also taught seminars on Attention Deficit and Learning Disabilities. She and her family make their home in Northeast Ohio.
For a review copy or to schedule an interview please contact Adam Cothes at 360-802-9758 or adam@winepressgroup.com.
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ENUMCLAW, Wash., March 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Beverly Medley Jones spends her days on the streets of Ohio spreading hope to a lost generation. The message she shares focuses on a relationship with Jesus Christ, rather than religious traditions, rules, or regulations.
Jones, author of "A Seat at the Master's Table", by Winepress Publishing, says, "The premise of this book is that God, our Father, invites us to have dialogue with Him. The writing is informal, conversational, comfortable, and relaxed, as if you were enjoying dinner conversation with God."
Although raised in a conservative home, Jones admits to having lived a double life filled with rebellion as a teenager and young adult. At age 22, she approached her father, a Baptist minister, who comforted her with the words of Scripture. It was then that Jones put her faith in God and turned from her life of pain and uncertainty.
As a new Christian, Beverly felt compelled to tell others about her faith and started witnessing on the streets of her hometown, Medina, Ohio. Soon she was joined by other believers, and together they began Stronghold Ministries. In addition to their street ministry, Stronghold Ministries visited nursing homes, Cleveland City Mission, St. Herman's mission, and held Christian music festivals.
"I went to church all my life, but did not accept Christ until adulthood, so I understand the dangers of being religious." The dangers she alludes to include hypocrisy, unbelief, and pride. "To believe big means to acknowledge the integrity of God. It is not wishing or hoping that God's Word is true, but knowing it is true."
Jones' first book, "Dialogue with the Master", released in June, 2005. Designed for new believers, the book contains 24 modern-day parables to show how God communicates with us. "A Seat at the Master's Table", #2 in the "Dialogue" series, is intended for Christians seeking the next steps in spiritual maturity. An intervention specialist for special needs students, Jones acts as chapel leader at Cleveland City Mission's Women's Shelter, is on the board of Cleveland area's BRIDGE the Gap Community and Educational Foundation, and has taught school in the Cleveland area for 27 years. She has also taught seminars on Attention Deficit and Learning Disabilities. She and her family make their home in Northeast Ohio.
For a review copy or to schedule an interview please contact Adam Cothes at 360-802-9758 or adam@winepressgroup.com.
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Richard Viguerie: Loss of Hastert Seat is Proof Conservatives are Prepared to Sit Out This Year's Elections
Richard Viguerie: Loss of Hastert Seat is Proof Conservatives are Prepared to Sit Out This Year's Elections
MANASSAS, Va., March 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- Republicans' loss of the House seat held for two decades by former Speaker Dennis Hastert is "proof that conservatives are prepared to sit out the 2008 elections," Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said.
"Instead of contributing and volunteering, conservatives are closing their checkbooks and staying home. Liberals and Democrats are enthusiastic to a degree not seen in decades, and grassroots conservatives are sitting on their hands," Viguerie said.
"This is a wakeup call for John McCain. Since securing the nomination, he has done nothing significant to reach out to the conservatives who provide the vast majority of the volunteers for the Republican Party in every election. Senator McCain, and all the candidates on the ballot with him, will pay the price in November."
In fact, Viguerie said, "The farther we go down this road, the longer it will take to repair the relationship between conservatives and the Republican Party. The damage that's being done now will affect the party for years to come."
In the race for the Hastert seat, the Republican nominee, Jim Oberweis - the handpicked choice of the GOP Establishment - reportedly had difficulty getting enough volunteers. The Chicago Tribune reported that, when the primary runner-up, conservative State Senator Chris Lauzen, declined to endorse Oberweis, "his decision not to endorse Oberweis sidelined a potent grassroots organization that could have helped the Republican candidate."
So strapped for volunteers was the Oberweis campaign that, according to the newspaper The Hill, Republicans turned to congressional interns in Washington to make calls for Oberweis.
The defeat shows that the Republican Party's current political strategy is fundamentally flawed. Said Viguerie: "Rather than running on the issues, Republican leaders continue to try to buy elections by earmarking and pork-barreling and special-interest spending, by using taxpayers' own money to try to buy elections."
Viguerie noted a Hastert aide's comment regarding the billions of taxpayers' dollars he was willing to spend to save the seat of Representative Claw Shaw in 2000. "We knew" the control of the House "could come down to two seats," a Hastert aide recalled, "and if that meant we had to spend $8 billion for Mr. Shaw, that's what we were going to do."
"The more earmarks, the angrier conservatives get. They see Republican leaders corruptly, immorally spending our children's and grandchildren's inheritance, trying to buy elections. And they're fed up.
"Pork barrel spending," Viguerie said, "has turned to ashes in the mouths of the Republican leadership."
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MANASSAS, Va., March 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- Republicans' loss of the House seat held for two decades by former Speaker Dennis Hastert is "proof that conservatives are prepared to sit out the 2008 elections," Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said.
"Instead of contributing and volunteering, conservatives are closing their checkbooks and staying home. Liberals and Democrats are enthusiastic to a degree not seen in decades, and grassroots conservatives are sitting on their hands," Viguerie said.
"This is a wakeup call for John McCain. Since securing the nomination, he has done nothing significant to reach out to the conservatives who provide the vast majority of the volunteers for the Republican Party in every election. Senator McCain, and all the candidates on the ballot with him, will pay the price in November."
In fact, Viguerie said, "The farther we go down this road, the longer it will take to repair the relationship between conservatives and the Republican Party. The damage that's being done now will affect the party for years to come."
In the race for the Hastert seat, the Republican nominee, Jim Oberweis - the handpicked choice of the GOP Establishment - reportedly had difficulty getting enough volunteers. The Chicago Tribune reported that, when the primary runner-up, conservative State Senator Chris Lauzen, declined to endorse Oberweis, "his decision not to endorse Oberweis sidelined a potent grassroots organization that could have helped the Republican candidate."
So strapped for volunteers was the Oberweis campaign that, according to the newspaper The Hill, Republicans turned to congressional interns in Washington to make calls for Oberweis.
The defeat shows that the Republican Party's current political strategy is fundamentally flawed. Said Viguerie: "Rather than running on the issues, Republican leaders continue to try to buy elections by earmarking and pork-barreling and special-interest spending, by using taxpayers' own money to try to buy elections."
Viguerie noted a Hastert aide's comment regarding the billions of taxpayers' dollars he was willing to spend to save the seat of Representative Claw Shaw in 2000. "We knew" the control of the House "could come down to two seats," a Hastert aide recalled, "and if that meant we had to spend $8 billion for Mr. Shaw, that's what we were going to do."
"The more earmarks, the angrier conservatives get. They see Republican leaders corruptly, immorally spending our children's and grandchildren's inheritance, trying to buy elections. And they're fed up.
"Pork barrel spending," Viguerie said, "has turned to ashes in the mouths of the Republican leadership."
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