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**Archbishop Chaput Warns of “Fourth Estate”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, JULY 12, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The news media have incredible influence over how opinion is formed, and it’s urgent for Catholics to understand how news is reported and who works behind the scenes, says Archbishop Charles Chaput.
The archbishop of Denver said this last week in an address he gave to Legatus, an organization that ministers to Catholic business leaders.
His talk was titled “Catholics and the ‘Fourth Estate,’” making reference to a term coined in revolutionary times. At that time in France, the three main pillars of society – the clergy, the nobles and the common people – were referred to as the three “estates” of French society. In was in that context that the press was referred to as the “fourth estate,” acknowledging the power and influence of the written word.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, JULY 12, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The news media have incredible influence over how opinion is formed, and it’s urgent for Catholics to understand how news is reported and who works behind the scenes, says Archbishop Charles Chaput.
The archbishop of Denver said this last week in an address he gave to Legatus, an organization that ministers to Catholic business leaders.
His talk was titled “Catholics and the ‘Fourth Estate,’” making reference to a term coined in revolutionary times. At that time in France, the three main pillars of society – the clergy, the nobles and the common people – were referred to as the three “estates” of French society. In was in that context that the press was referred to as the “fourth estate,” acknowledging the power and influence of the written word.
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