Media plays a significant role in shaping the public’s minds and opinions and religion are no different. Assumption College welcomes Father Edward Beck, C.P. ’80, CNN’s faith and religion commentator, who presents “Religion, Church and the Media: A Delicate Balance” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 2, in the La Maison Salon. Religion, Church and the Media: A Delicate Balance, focuses on the various portrayals of faith and religion in mainstream media, particularly through televised news. Fr. Beck draws upon his 10 years of experience in network and cable news to examine the ways in which mainstream media cover faith and religion in television news. Fr. Beck graduated from Assumption College in 1980, was ordained in 1985 as a Roman Catholic priest, and is a member of the Passionist Order. For the past 10 years, Fr. Beck has served as a media contributor, providing media analysis on issues of ethics, faith, morality and religion for ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC Family Channel, HLN and current TV. For four years, he co-hosted the weekly ABC News show Focus on Faith with Chris Cuomo. In 2013, Fr. Beck contributed to the coverage of the Conclave that elected Pope Francis.