Tag Archives: WaPo

Catholic Vote on silly WaPo article about retired Benedict’s sly influence

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Catholic Vote (thanks Tom Peters for the link about the Cool Kid’s Conclave and I hope everyone will go read your information about the March for Marriage), there is a good examination of some fantasy literature in the … Continue reading →

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WaPo and lefty, pro-homosexual advocacy “journalism”

Posted on 27 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is an interesting piece at The American Conservative which illustrates an obvious problem in the mainstream media.  Rod Dreher nailed this one.
Dreher looks into WaPo‘s commentary an exchange between an editor, a journalist, and a concerned reader.  The point made is … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged , , , | 30 Comments

“Sisters for Obama?” Oh… that’s not… right… no….

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My stomach turned as a I saw on the site of WaPo some photos of the preparation for the inauguration of the President – you know the one – tomorrow.
No no no.  That’s just wrong.
I’d like to know who paid for … Continue reading →

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The most recent rubbish from the WaPo’s E.J. Dionne. Fr. Z responds.

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From WaPo:
I’m not quitting the church
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Published: May 13 [Mother's Day]
Recently, a group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) [Coincidentally based in ultra-liberal Madison, WI, where the great Bp. Morlino has been placed by God to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Blatteroons, Emanations from Penumbras, Magisterium of Nuns, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty | Tagged , , , , , | 42 Comments

Sally Quinn of WaPo: a lesson in getting it wrong.

Posted on 24 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Sally Quinn of WaPo offers her stunningly shallow take on the reforming efforts by the Holy See and USCCB now being applied to the LCWR (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns).
Aside from the risible claims Quinn makes, I found this … Continue reading →

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WaPo politics writer, NYT, on the SSPX, LCWR, CDF, USCCB. Reading this may make you a little stupider.

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

WaPo has a story on the recent efforts of the CDF and USCCB to help the poor confused women of the LCWR to faithful, orthodox Catholicism. The piece was written by a political writer, the deeply confused, Melinda Henneberger in … Continue reading →

Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Blatteroons, Dogs and Fleas, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty | Tagged , , , , , | 29 Comments

Curious development with that WaPo POLL about altar girls!

Posted on 29 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Remember that recent Washington Post poll about altar girls? The poll shifted after I posted about it.
An reader alerted me to the fact that something rather odd has occurred.
You decide.
Here is how things stood and how they stand as … Continue reading →

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WaPo on the new translation and an “ineffable” sighting!

Posted on 28 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Just what you were waiting for.  WaPo on the implementation of the new, corrected translation.
Catholics’ Mass liturgy changing; ‘ritual whiplash’ ahead?
By Michelle Boorstein, Published: October 27
English-speaking Catholics are bracing for the biggest changes to their Mass since the 1960s, a … Continue reading →

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Editorializing about the SSPX under the guise of reporting

Posted on 12 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is amazing how bad the reporting in larger liberal secular newspapers and services can be when it comes to Catholic issues.  Consider this abysmally deficient blurb from WaPo by someone whose name suggests he ought to be better informed, … Continue reading →

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Does this seem to you to be a new journalistic low?

Posted on 9 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I haven’t ever heard of anything like this, except in my sometime-interest in astronomy, when people were recruited to monitor big listening arrays or perhaps help map the genome.
The Washington Post has asked for 100 volunteer readers to … Continue reading →

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