Jonathan Morris Biography
Jonathan Morris has been a Fox News contributor and analyst since 2005. 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.
How old is Jonathan Morris? – Age
He is 49 years old as of 22 August 2021. He was born in 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Jonathan Morris Family – Education
He was born as the third of seven children in Cleveland, Ohio. Morris was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the third of seven children, and attended Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, where he studied business administration and served as Vice President of the University Student Government. He entered the seminary at the age of 21 and studied in Rome, Italy, where he earned degrees in classical humanities, philosophy, and theology.
Jonathan Morris Wife
He is married to Kaitlyn Folmer, an investigative producer in New York for ABC News. When he was a priest, the pair met in the Vatican. Along the way, a few things changed. They will marry at New York City’s St Patrick’s Cathedral in October 2020.
Where did Jonathan Morris meet his wife?
They met for the first time in March 2013, when they were both in Rome to report on Pope Benedict XVI’s departure and the conclave that elected Pope Francis. Folmer was booking visitors for “Good Morning America” at the time, and one of them was Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, who had Morris as his wingman. He was a Roman Catholic priest, a media strategist, and a Fox News pundit at the time.
Folmer chance to watch Morris on television again in June 2019, this time discussing his plan to leave the priesthood in favor of a new life that might involve marriage and a family. Morris had been granted a sabbatical by Cardinal Dolan four months prior, in February 2019, to reflect on what would become a life-altering decision. Folmer had sent one of those emails, but Morris had missed it due to the sheer volume of communications in his inbox.
Morris saw a post from Folmer on her social media a week later and decided it was a good moment to contact her, so he wrote her a direct message on Twitter asking for a lunch appointment. On Folmer’s birthday, June 13, 2019, they got together for lunch at Match 65, a Manhattan restaurant. They parted ways, and Folmer awaited a call from Morris, which did not arrive for another three weeks.
Jonathan Morris Wedding
The couple married on October 17, 2020, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, one of Mr. Morris’s old haunts. The ceremony was performed in front of 200 family members and friends by Msgr. Robert T. Ritchie, rector of the cathedral, who were all socially distant and sitting in every third row designated by flower arrangements. The bride was asked if she would characterize her relationship with the groom as a whirlwind romance after sixteen months, from first lunch to first dance, to Rascal Flatts’ “Bless the Broken Road.”
How tall is Jonathan Morris?
He stands at a height of 5 feet and 7 inches (1.7 m).
Father Jonathan Morris Illness
Father Morris has been rumored to be ill recently. However, no official information about the priest has been released to the public.
What does Jonathan Morris do for a living? – Career
Morris served as a theological adviser on Mel Gibson’s motion picture The Passion of the Christ from 2002 to 2004. Morris 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.