Mark M. Gray: In The News

Mark M. Gray
Selected news stories and opinion pieces
where I am quoted or a source of data

"Catholic Dioceses Take to the Airwaves to Bring Followers Back to Church" The Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2009
"Poll: Six in 10 U.S. Catholics Ambivalent about Latin Mass" USAToday, August 28, 2009
"Celibacy Questions Haunt Scandalized Priest" The Associated Press, May 16, 2009
"Fewer Receive Sacraments" The Columbus Dispatch, May 1, 2009
"Study Probes Reasons for Leaving Catholic, Protestant Faiths" The Associated Press, April 27, 2009
"Why do Americans Change their Faith?" The Boston Globe, April, 27, 2009
"Soul Wow, An 'Edgy' Tool Pitching Confession" Newsday, April 11, 2009
"Exceptional Pastoring" America Magazine, March 9, 2009
"Cultivating Catholic Minds" The Columbus Dispatch, February 27, 2009
"Baltimore Archbishop Leads Mass Marking Opening of Lent" The Baltimore Sun, February 25, 2009
"Catholic Schools Trying to Survive" The Associated Press, February 18, 2009
"For Catholics, a Door to Absolution Is Reopened" The New York Times, February 10, 2009
"Catholic, Private Schools Facing Falling Enrollment" WBAL TV, Baltimore, February 10, 2009
"The Emerging Post, Post-Vatican II American Catholic" The National Catholic Reporter, January 26, 2009
"Navigating a Solitary Journey" National Catholic Reporter, November 28, 2008
"Catholic Singles Feel Angst" The Washington Times, November 20, 2008
"Did U.S. Bishops Sway Voters?" National Catholic Register, November 11, 2008
"The End of the Catholic Vote" The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2008
"As Election Nears, Roman Catholic Bishops Try to Raise Awareness of Church's Opposition to Abortion" The Chicago Tribune, September 26, 2008
"Today On the Presidential Campaign Trail" The Associated Press, September 7, 2008
"McCain Campaign Courts Critical Catholic Vote" The Associated Press, September 5, 2008
"Choice of Palin Resonates with Pro-Life Voters" Our Sunday Visitor, September 4, 2008
"Will Biden Help Obama With the Catholic Vote?" Reuters, August 23, 2008
"Marriage Programs Aim to Answer Pope" ZENIT, July 31, 2008
"Who Should Get the Catholic Vote?" The Star-Ledger, July 31, 2008
"New Findings about U.S. Religious Life" The Christian Science Monitor, June 24, 2008
"Catholics for Democrats" The Atlantic Online, June 23, 2008
"Massive Study Finds Most Americans Devout, Tolerant" The Boston Globe, June 23, 2008
"Cardinal Rigali's Address to Eucharistic Congress" ZENIT, June 17, 2008
"Bishops Tackle Prayer Book, Views on Catholic Faith" Orlando Sentinel, June 12, 2008
"Bishops Want Catholics Back" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 11, 2008
"Closing the Confirmation Gap" Our Sunday Visitor, May 11, 2008
"The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate Reports Big Differences in the Sacramental Practices among the Different Generations of U.S. Catholics" Origins (Vol. 37, No. 45), April 24, 2008
"Young Hang with Pope: Benedict XVI Connects with Next Generation of U.S. Catholics" The Associated Press, April 21, 2008
"Catholic Population in US is Changing, Depends on its Youth and Immigrants" NBC News, April 19, 2008
"Reaching Across Generations" Newsweek, April 18, 2008
"Pope Laments Abuse Scandal in Mass with Priests" The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 18, 2008
"Pope Draws Faithful From Region" The Erie Times-News, April 18, 2008
"Papal Visit Puts Spotlight On Decline in Confession" The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 18, 2008
"Pope Has Chance to Inspire Youths" The Columbus Dispatch, April 18, 2008
"Pope Offers Message of Hope" Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 18, 2008
"Interview; Catholic Church: The Millenial Generation" National Public Radio (WNPR Connecticut), April 17, 2008
"Pope Says U.S. Society Can Undermine Catholic Faith" Reuters, April 16, 2008
"Interview; U.S. Catholic Demographics" NBC4 (Washington D.C.), April 16, 2008
"Pope: 'Ashamed' of Clergy Abuse Scandal" The Associated Press, April 15, 2008
"Dispirited U.S. Catholics Hope Pope Affirms Pain; Hundreds of Parishes Are Being Closed" The New York Times, April 15, 2008
"What Catholics Need From Pope: A Little Love" Chicago Sun-Times, April 15, 2008
"President Outpolls Pope" The Washington Times, April 15, 2008
"Pope Benedict XVI Lands in America" The Associated Press, April 15, 2008
"Uncertain Church Awaits Pope in U.S." The New York Times, April 14, 2008
"Poll: Catholics Waver on Faith but Like Pope" USAToday, April 14, 2008
"As Visit Nears, Sexual Abuse Victims Group Plans Protest" The Washington Post, April 14, 2008
"Poll Shows Most Catholics Satisfied With Pope Benedict" Fox News (NY), April 14, 2008
"The Pope Has an Eager Audience in Youth" U.S. News & World Report, April 14, 2008
"Pope's Visit Excites Lay People but Doesn't Erase Problems" USAToday, April 14, 2008
"Catholics Highly Regard Benedict; But On Eve of His First U.S. Visit, Their Beliefs Drift" USAToday, April 14, 2008
"Pope's First U.S. Visit " CBS Evening News, April 14, 2008
"Pope to Visit US for First Time; Poll Shows Few Catholics Attend Mass" NBC News, April 13, 2008
"Poll: Catholics Embrace Faith, Not Mass" The Associated Press, April 13, 2008
"Poll: 8 in 10 US Catholics Satisfied With Pope" ZENIT News Service, April 13, 2008
"Challenges for American Church" The Washington Times, April 13, 2008
"Survey: Catholics Like Benedict" The Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2008
"America's Roman Catholic Population" Reuters, April 10, 2008
"Muslims May Have Overtaken Catholics a While Ago" The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2008
"We Live It Every Day" The Washington Post, April 9, 2008
"Proportions Matter in Pew's Survey" Our Sunday Visitor, April 6, 2008
"Pope Will Find Diverse Church in US" Associated Press, April 5, 2008
"Pope Reaches Out to American Catholics" U.S. News & World Report, March 28, 2008
"Tenets Shape Catholics' Marriage Views, Survey Finds" Associated Press, March 22, 2008
"Unconventional Confessions" ABC News Good Morning America, March 20, 2008
"How Many Have Bailed Out of Catholicism?" The Washington Post, March 19, 2008
"Marrying Tradition and Modernity" The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2008
"D.C. May Get 7 'Values-based' Schools" USA Today, February 18, 2008
"US Catholics and Marriage: Survey Shows 'Mixed Picture'" ZENIT News Service, February 18, 2008
"Graying Flocks Confront Challenges" Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 17, 2008
"Spirit World: Results mixed on Catholic survey on marriage" The Salt Lake Tribune, February 16, 2008
"More Clergy take on Cupid Role" Chicago Tribune, February 15, 2008
"Catholic Closures Linked to Growth of City Charters" Education Week, February 13, 2008
"For Lent, Catholics Trying to Revive Sacrament of Confession" Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 6, 2008
"Shoppers Keen on Mall Chapel" Erie Times News, February 7, 2008
"Confession Is Just A Keypad Away" USA Today, November 28, 2007
"Counting Their Blessings" Baltimore City Paper, November 21, 2007
"Soul Sanitizers" The Columbus Dispatch, September 29, 2007
"A Comeback for Confession" TIME Magazine, September 27, 2007
"Starting School, in the Family's Footsteps" The New York Times, September 19, 2007
"8 D.C. Catholic Schools Eyed for Charters" The Washington Post, September 8, 2007
"Most Unaware of Bishops' Responses to Clergy Sex Abuse" National Catholic Reporter, August 31, 2007
"U.S. Catholic Church Steady Despite Scandals" MSNBC, July 18, 2007
"L.A. Lawsuit Negotiations, Polling and Donations Point to a Diminishing Clergy Abuse Scandal" Associated Press, June 11, 2007
"Catholic Lay Group Tests a Strategy Change" The New York Times, June 23, 2007
"Voice of the Faithful Faces Trouble in Leadership and Finances" Associated Press, June 1, 2007
"For Catholics, A Call To Fess Up" Hartford Courant, April 6, 2007
"Immigrants' Advocates Look to Churches" USA Today, April 2, 2007
"The Vacant Confessional" The Seattle Times, March 10, 2007
"Counting Heads – Four Sources Note Decline of Catholics at Sunday Mass" St. Anthony Messenger, February 22, 2007
"When Priests Pilfer" TIME Magazine, February 15, 2007
"Diocese Adjusts to New Realities" The News Journal, January 29, 2007
"Church's Woes a Boon for Screeners" St. Petersburg Times, January 27, 2007
"Catholic Fundraising Suffers a Rare Drop" The Denver Post, January 23, 2007
"School Shows Challenges Facing Religious Orders" St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 17, 2007
"Catholic Reformers Pondering Next Step" Winston-Salem Journal, January 13, 2007
"Changing Tide: Charismatic Churches Are Drawing More Hispanics Away From Catholicism" Fort Worth Star Telegram, January 6, 2007
"Archdiocese Hit for Plan to Close School in NW" The Washington Times, December 17, 2006
"4 Catholic Schools in D.C., Md. May Close" The Washington Post, December 6, 2006
"Hispanic Immigrants Bolster U.S. Catholic Ranks" Associated Press, November 16, 2006
"CARA Reports on School Closings" America, July 3, 2006
"Many U.S. Parishes Lay Led, Despite Vatican Reaffirmation of Priests' Role" National Catholic Register, June 14, 2006
"And the Relics of a Church Shall Be Rescued" The New York Times/Associated Press, June 11, 2006
"Mass Attendance Steady Despite Abuse Crisis" America, May 29, 2006
"Study Sees Church Rebounding From Scandal" The New York Times, May 18, 2006
"Fewer than One in Five Attend Mass at a Parish in Boston" Associated Press, April 27, 2006
"Young Gather for 'Catholic Woodstock'" The Christian Science Monitor, August 19, 2005
"In Search of Lost Youth" TIME Magazine, August 7, 2005
"Young and Hungry" U.S. News & World Report, May 9, 2005
"Catholics Torn by Issues" Albany Times Union, April 17, 2005
"Young Catholics Seek to Restore Old Values on Sex" The New York Times, April 14, 2005
"Campaign Set Against Executions: Bishops Widen Effort To End Death Penalty" The Boston Globe, March 20, 2005
"Mass Attendance Trends Worrisome" Catholic Courier, March 2, 2005
"CARA Says Recent Mass Attendance Steady" America, January 31, 2005
"Survey: Sex Abuse Crisis Has Not Affected Mass Attendance" National Catholic Reporter, January 28, 2005
"Where does Mass Attendance in the United States Stand?" Origins, January 27, 2005
"Mass Attendance Found Steady Despite Scandal" Associated Press, January 10, 2005
"Bishops and Campaign 2004" National Catholic Register, January 2, 2005
"Touch-Screen Voting: Critics Warn of Post-Election Problems if No Paper Trail Exists" Federal Computer Week, September 6, 2004
"Abuse Cases Crimp Diocese Budget" The Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2004
"Cardinal Keeler Calls for Keeping Politics out of Communion" The Baltimore Sun, May 28, 2004
"Churches Must Alter Worship: Two Clusters Will Have Fewer Priests" The Boston Herald, May 27, 2004
"What's a Catholic to do?" Rocky Mountain News, May 22, 2004
"Catholic Voters Nearly Divided Between Bush and Kerry" America, May 3, 2004
"Denver Archbishop Admonishes Politicians Not To 'Invent' Truth" The Fort Collins Coloradoan, April 22, 2004
"Colorado Catholic Leaders Asserting Themselves in Politics" The Associated Press, April 21, 2004
"Poll Says Bush, Kerry Virtually Tied for Catholic Vote" Religion News Service, April 12, 2004