Jonathan Morris Biography
Jonathan Morris has been a Fox News contributor and analyst. He is an American author, actor, and media commentator on religious issues. He is a founding partner at Morris and Larson Advisors, where he provides advice to some of America’s most powerful business leaders. Other journalists are; David Muir, Juju Chang, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, and Diane Sawyer
Jonathan Morris Age
Morris is 49 years old as of 2021. He was born on 22 August 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Jonathan Morris Height and Weight
Morris stands at a height of 5 feet and 7 inches (1.7 m) and weighs 163 lbs (74 kg).
Jonathan Morris Family
Born the third of seven children in Cleveland, Ohio. Morris has not shared any information regarding her loving parents as of now, 2022. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more intel from our trusted sources of information as soon as possible.
Jonathan Morris Wife | Wedding
Morris is married to Kaitlyn Folmer. Morris and Kaitlyn first met in Italy in 2013, and they married last year after nearly seven years of dating. Both are involved in the media and news channels, which may have brought the two lovebirds closer together. On the internet, only a few of their wedding images were available.
Jonathan Morris Education
He entered the seminary at the age of 21 and studied in Rome, Italy, where he earned degrees in classical humanities, philosophy, and theology. In 2002, he was ordained a priest in the Legion of Christ, and he continued to live and work in Rome. He earned a Licentiate degree in moral theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, magna cum laude, in 2004.
Father Jonathan Morris Illness
Father Morris was recently rumored to be unwell. However, no formal information about the priest has yet been made public in the media.
Jonathan Morris Laicized
Morris was laicezed in 2019. According to a canonist, a canon law expert reported by Catholic World Report, when a priest is laicized, he is expelled from the clerical state and secularized, becoming a “layperson.” This does not imply that the priest has ceased to be a priest.
Jonathan Morris Priesthood
In 2002, he was ordained a priest in the Legion of Christ, and he continued to live and work in Rome. He earned a Licentiate degree in moral theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, magna cum laude, in 2004.
Morris left the Legion of Christ in 2009 to become a diocesan priest in the Archdiocese of New York. He later became the parish vicar of the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in New York City’s Soho area. He was transferred to Corpus Christi Church in Manhattan in 2013 to serve as a priest at Columbia University and the Program Director of SiriusXM radio’s The Catholic Channel.
Morris was named pastor of The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on East 187th St. in the Bronx in February 2015. Morris said in May 2019, while on sabbatical, that he had decided to seek clemency after years of struggling with [his] vocation and the responsibilities that the Catholic priesthood entails, particularly not being able to marry and establish a family.
Jonathan Morris Net Worth
Morris has an estimated net worth is $2 Million.
Jonathan Morris Now
Morris co-founded “Morris & Larson Advisors,” an executive coaching and leadership development organization, shortly after leaving the priesthood. Morris continues to work as a Fox News contributor.
Jonathan Morris Career
Morris served as a theological adviser on Mel Gibson’s motion picture The Passion of the Christ from 2002 to 2004. He gave reporting and analysis for CNN, Fox News Channel, BBC, and Sky News during Pope John Paul II’s terminal illness in March 2005 and his death the following 5 April, and he was interviewed by Bill Hemmer, Larry King, Shepard Smith, Anderson Cooper, and Christiane Amanpour, among others.
Morris received requests from various networks to produce follow-up reporting shortly after, and he started working for Fox News Channel. When he accepted the network’s offer to work with him, he advocated covering not only Vatican news events, but also analyzing larger news topics from an ethical standpoint.
Morris’ work has broadened to include reports outside the Vatican’s purview since April 2005. He has been on Fox & Friends, Dayside, Hannity and Colmes, The Live Desk with Martha MacCallum, and The O’Reilly Factor, among other Fox News Channel shows. He has also contributed to The Strategy Room, an online news discussion hosted by the Fox Business Network and Fox News.com.
In May 2009, Morris began hosting a recurring part on Fox News Channel’s late-night news/comedy show Red Eye. Morris, in this program titled Father Knows Best, answered viewers’ queries about religion and faith. He was also a news contributor for the show on a regular basis. He also became a contributor to The Wall Street Journal in the same year.
Morris was interviewed as a theological adviser for the History Channel special The Real Face of Jesus? in March 2010, a documentary that followed a team of computer and 3D experts as they uncovered forensic data from the Shroud of Turin and extrapolated a new picture of the man’s face from the shroud.
Morris became the program director of Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s The Catholic Channel in 2012, a post he held until 2015. Morris is the author of God Wants You Happy: From Self-Help to God’s Help and The Promise: God’s Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts. The Way of Serenity: Finding Peace and Happiness in the Serenity Prayer is his most recent book. Morris starred alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in the 2019 film The Irishman as Frank Sheeran’s priest at the nursing home.
