Tag Archives: Fr. James Martin

Fr. James Martin’s spin on the CDF smackdown of the LCWR

Posted on 15 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The spin continues.
Another example comes from Fr. James Martin, SJ of America Magazine.    (Remember his Twitter campaign to show appreciation of the nuns?)
Martin’s arguments against despair over CDF’s smackdown of the the LCWR do not convince.   This is … Continue reading →

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Check out one blog’s vivisection of Fr. James Martin’s (SJ) claims about LCWR’s vocations v CMSWR’s vocations.

Posted on 9 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Amerika, our old friend, Fr. James Martin, SJ, wrote a piece in which he manipulated statistics so that it appeared that LCWR orders of nuns were getting as many vocations as the CMSWR nuns (the more traditional groups). That … Continue reading →

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Fr. James Martin, SJ’s, sympathy for a call to ordain women

Posted on 15 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the Jesuit run America Magazine, James Martin, SJ – who worked so hard to confuse as many people as he could into thinking that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was picking on all women religious in the … Continue reading →

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Fr. James Martin, SJ, sticks up for Sr. Farley and her teachings

Posted on 4 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The usual suspects are encircling with nurturing and supportive embraces Sr. Margaret Farley, author of a  dreadful book, filled with grave errors concerning faith and morals.  Click HERE.
Fr. James Martin, SJ (whose recent Twitter campaign demonstrates that he sides with … Continue reading →

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USAToday’s coverage of the #WhatSistersMeanToMe tag on Twitter (We are mentioned.)

Posted on 28 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I noticed this in USAToday:
Twisting tweets make hash of hashtag support for nuns [Nooo... it brought clarity to support for nuns.]
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Hesitate before you launch a hashtag. The experiences of President Obama and Catholic priests prove the … Continue reading →

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Tweeting for the Magisterium of Nuns

Posted on 24 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The acolytes of the Magisterium of Nuns, such as Fr. James Martin, SJ, of America Magazine, are pretending that the Holy See’s effort to reform the the LCWR is about Republicans and politics, or about their “social justice” work.
Fr. Martin, … Continue reading →

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In fairness to writers in America Magazine

Posted on 11 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A couple things:
In America Magazine, Sean Michael Winters, who is wrong about most things, got something right about the ghastly MSM recent coverage clerical sexual abuse of children.  He is a bit late in his examination of the case in … Continue reading →

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