Catholic Voices, the speakers’ bureau that’s been putting up sparring partners for the Church’s critics, must already rank as one of the big innovations of this papal tour ....  Given the strong and mostly critical interest the media would show in the pope’s visit, these speakers – journalists, lawyers, students and a few clergy – decided the Church needed  a more professional operation if it was to get its message across.
Tom Heneghan, Reuters ‘FaithWorld’ blog (15 September 2010)

Broadcasters have treated [Catholic Voices] not so much as a kind of "professional vox pops", as a body with an well-articulated, mildly conservative opinion on almost all the central issues under discussion during the papal trip. So is that justified? I think it is .... The line taken by Catholic Voices tends to mirror very closely that taken by the official Church. .... The Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols ... has certainly given it his approval and support.
Robert Pigott, BBC religious correspondent, speaking at the BBC’s College of Journalism (15 September 2010)

Catholic Voices ....  are not the spokespeople of the Bishops' Conference, but their exceptional work and closeness to the press has earned them the bishops' blessing.
Celia Maza, La Razón (18 September 2010)

Complaining about the church’s PR operation is a favourite Catholic indoor sport, but the U.K. is home to one of the more creative recent efforts to do something about it ... “Catholic Voices” is independent of the Catholic bishops’ conference in England and Wales, though they enjoy a good relationship with the official communications channels. Their aim is not to offer authoritative church statements, but to field ordinary lay Catholics who can speak about the church’s faith and life.
John Allen, National Catholic Reporter (18 September 2010)

During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Great Britain, it was difficult to turn on the television without seeing a youngish, articulate lay Catholic defending church teaching .... the 21 speakers have studied the church's position on hot-button issues and been trained in the art of keeping a cool head under the fire of a revved-up interviewer.
Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service (18 September 2010)

[T]he presence of these 20-odd spokespeople is inspiring and attractive: first, because they seem fresher and with fewer prejudices. These are young people who are proud to be Catholic. Secondly because, instead of confronting their opponents, they try to explain in suggestive and compelling ways why they believe what they believe. 
Aceprensa (10 September 2010)

....a  young woman from Catholic Voices ...  personable, well informed, competent, agreeable in manner, persuasive, who kept her calm admirably in the face of aggressive questioning and who won from the interviewer the closing accolade: “Thank you. That was very interesting.” It was a splendid performance. 
William Oddie, Catholic Herald website (15 September 2010)