Tag Archives: NCR

Waiting for Zagano

Posted on 11 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For some time now I have been getting emails and phone calls from friends with reports that someone who writes for the National Catholic Reporter aka Fishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, has been sniffing around looking for dirt about me.  Zagano hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Finally another reaction about NCR’s insulting article

Posted on 15 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Late is better than never.
From CNA with my emphases and comments.
Catholic leaders rip ‘ludicrous’ article that argues celibacy causes abuse
By Marianne Medlin
Denver, Colo., Jun 15, 2011 / 06:00 am (CNA).- Catholic leaders are calling a recent National Catholic Reporter [aka … Continue reading →

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NCR’s editor and publisher passed away: Joseph Feuerherd – R.I.P.

Posted on 26 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The National Catholic Reporter reports the death of their editor in chief and publisher.
Joseph Feuerherd, NCR editor in chief and publisher, died this morning after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 48. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Feuerherd died at 8:41 … Continue reading →

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NCFishwrap’s editorial for women’s ordination: creepy ineducability

Posted on 25 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

National catholic Reporter, Fishwrap, has an editorial today in favor of the ordination of women.
Whom did they consult as their expert?  The deposed Bishop of Toowoomba, William Morris. And for their theological “insights”?  You decide.  I have my own ideas.
Their … Continue reading →

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FLASH: Fr. Z agrees with Bp. Morris and NCR… yes and no.

Posted on 10 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I may be in close agreement with Bp. Morris and NCR on a matter of great importance.
From the National catholic Fishwrap comes another defense of lately-removed Australian Bishop William Morris, quondam of the Diocese of Toowoomba. His Excellency is the … Continue reading →

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Australian analysis of the Toowoomba Tumult. Fr. Z muses.

Posted on 6 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It seems that Australia is the ground zero right now for discussions about ecclesiology, that is, the make up of the Church, who the Church is, how the Church is governed, what the Church believes.
The removal of the Bishop of … Continue reading →

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“CPA in the Spring, CDF in the Fall.”

Posted on 4 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I picked this up from the Catholic Key the blog of the newspaper of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
My emphases.
The Next Theologian to be Censured by the Church will be . . .
. . .announced at 6 pm, June … Continue reading →

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NCR’s very first “Person of the Year”: Sr. Carol Keehan

Posted on 31 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

National Catholic Reporter has named Sr. Carol Keehan as their very first “Person of the Year”.
Even though she was head of the Catholic Health Association, a political lobby group, before 2009 Sr. Keehan was relatively unimportant.
Then Sr. Keehan, as an … Continue reading →

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Fishwrap getting Condom Conundrum wrong, but with a surprise!

Posted on 24 November 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

When it comes to the Condom Conundrum the National Catholic Fishwrap‘s commentators are living down to our expectations.
To wit one Phyllis Zagano who is “senior research associate-in-residence at Hofstra University and author of several books in Catholic Studies. Her book Women … Continue reading →

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NCR has a nutty about Card. Burke’s observations about voting

Posted on 29 October 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Yesterday in an entry about comments made by soon-to-be Card. Burke and the responsibilities of voters in this upcoming mid-term election, I foretold that liberals would claim that Burke was “telling people how to vote”.
Arch-liberal Maureen Fielder, a dissenting woman … Continue reading →

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