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How to Cover the Catholic Church
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USCCB Publishing
, which publishes texts of USCCB statements and
pastoral letters, major papal and Vatican documents, and various other
Catholic resources, such as catechetical and liturgical texts and educa-
tional and ministry resources. Its director is Paul Henderson.
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Catholic News Service office of Media Review
, based in New York,
which reviews movies, television programs and DVD releases both on
their artistic merit and on their moral content and rates them for their
suitability for viewing by various age groups. John Mulderig is its assis-
tant director.
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Catholic Communication Campaign
, through which the bishops
fund media programming, projects and resources that promote Gospel
values and the pastoral teachings of the Catholic Church. A permanent
subcommittee of the Committee on Communications oversees grant
making, programming and relationships funded at the national level by
the campaign, an annual national collection in Catholic parishes (half of
which stays in the local diocese and half of which goes to national pro-
grams). Helen Osman is chief staff person for the subcommittee.
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Catholic News Service
, a financially and editorially independent news
agency established by the bishops in 1920 with print and broadcast sub-
scribers—chiefly diocesan or national Catholic newspapers—in more
than 40 countries. It also publishes
Origins
, the major English-language
religious documentary service in the Catholic Church. Tony Spence is its
director and editor in chief.
Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church
Housing several formerly separate USCCB committees or subcommittees
that dealt with pastoral ministry with specific racial, ethnic or other cul-
tural groups, this committee has five permanent subcommittees: on African
American Affairs, on Asian and Pacific Island Affairs, on Hispanic Affairs,
on Native American Affairs, and on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees and
Travelers. Mar Muñoz-Visoso is the executive director of the USCCB Secretariat
of Cultural Diversity in the Church.
Committee on DivineWorship
Formerly called the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, it oversees transla-
tions of Latin liturgical texts and Scripture passages into English, Spanish
and Native American languages (such as Navajo) for use in the United States;
adaptation of liturgical norms and rites to U.S. use; development of original