Church communications highlights 2016

Looking back, 2016 seems destined to be remembered as the ‘Year of the Surreal,’ a 12-month period in which conventional wisdom crumbled on multiple fronts and the previously unthinkable became the new normal. This essay surveys ten of the most important issues and events of the past year from the p...

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Published in:	Church, Communication and Culture
Main Authors:	John L. Allen, Inés Maria San Martin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Subjects:	Church communication journalism & religion Catholic Church Pope Vatican
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2017.1287287

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