CdnMichael

First off, congrats on the new gig. Canadian here, but can't help but get a political fix from news coming out of the US, and a fan of MTP.

2 Q's, if I can be a bit greedy:

One of the biggest problems with political coverage (IMHO) is that media often rely or promote anonymous sources, which gives people with an axe to grind a forum without having to suffer the consequences.

A number of traditional media platforms have anonymous source policies, but those policies always leave an out, or exemptions that (again, I believe) get exploited, and we've gotten to the point that even official briefings now are often conducted on a "not for attribution" basis.

Wonder where you stand on the use of anonymous sources in reporting, or at least in your reporting?

Second Q: How do you feel about the criticism that John McCain's views get covered above almost all others, mostly because he seemingly never says "no" to any of the Sunday AM programs? Will Chuck Todd's MTP feature John McCain as often as past versions have?

Father, thanks for doing this AMA!

I'm a (relatively) young, Church-attending Catholic (probably the youngest at any Mass I attend) who supports marriage equality and a number of more "progressive" social positions. Pope Francis has given a lot of us modern Catholics a lot of hope, but is his election really a sign of change within the Church structure? Will he be able to appoint enough like-minded Bishops/Cardinals to really make a difference long-term?

How much more challenging has your job become now with having to distinguish between canon and non-canon due to the Disney change-over, and what are you most disappointed to see removed from the "official" universe?

Thanks for the reply sir.

Go Irish! Catholics vs. Convicts 2016.

As a follow-up, wondering how you feel personally about the idea of ordaining married men as a possible way to modernize the Church?