Michael Russo graduated Class of 1963 from Seton Hall Prep and earned his BA in Communications and Master of Divinity from Seton Hall University and Seminary. His ordination was in May of 1971.He was Chair of Religious Studies at Seton Hall Prep. He earned his Ph.D. in American Social and Political History from NYU and won the Bayard Still award in historical writing for his doctoral thesis. In 1984, he accepted a teaching position at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, CA, where he became Chair of the Communications Dept and Chair of the Academic Senate.
The Church, the Press, and Abortion: Catholic Leadership and Public Communication
December 1, 1991
A paper by Michael A. Russo, fall 1990 fellow, addresses the interrelationship between the Catholic Church and the news media in the U.S. abortion debate. Russo tells the story of three Catholic Bishops and how they frame their moral teachings for the pulpit and the press. He also examines how journalists who cover religious and
