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Category Archives: Biased Media Coverage
WSJ Opinion piece about the book interview with Pope Benedict
The Wall Street Journal has an article by Francis X. Rocca about Light of the World, the book-length interview with Benedict XVI. I wouldn’t really call this piece a “review” of the book. It is more an opinion piece and … Read More
NCFishwrap: Getting it wrong about people who are getting it right.
When it comes to the Condom Conundrum the National Catholic Fishwrap is in full twit about the Pope’s comments concerning condoms. A couple days ago I nicknamed this dust up the “Condom Conundrum”. I see that this is being picked … Read More
Remember: The Pope knew what he was doing
I posted this: The Pope knew what he was setting off His Hermeneuticalness has a good piece about this too. Molotov cocktail of planetary magnitude Consider two points. The sharp repression of Modernism in the early 20th century probably lead … Read More
Fishwrap getting Condom Conundrum wrong, but with a surprise!
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 … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged condoms, NCR
16 Comments
16 Comments
Fr. Fessio on what Pope Benedict really said: USEFUL ANALOGY ALERT
USEFUL ANALOGY ALERT “Pope Approves Padded Pipes for Mugging” You would do well to read this carefully and use it in conversations. Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, wrote a piece for Reuters which means that it will get a little visibility. … Read More
Fox News website headline: LIE – They should be ashamed
This is the sort of shallow, asinine, perhaps even mendacious BS we all knew would crop up in the mainstream media. NOTA BENE: This headline is a LIE. Note also that the URL for the story indicates something quite different. … Read More
L’Osservatore Romano as origin of the maelstrom: Ed Peters opines
The respected, clear-thinking canonist Ed Peters of In the Light of the Law has offered a blistering assessment of the role of the Vatican’s daily L’Osservatore Romano in regard to the latest in a string of media screw-ups. My emphases … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Ed Peters, L'Osservatore Romano, Peter Seewald
39 Comments
39 Comments
What Did The Pope Really Say?
First, keep in mind that Papa Ratzinger was talking to a guy who had a microphone. How is that the same as an official act of the Vicar of Christ exercising his magisterium? Also, he was asked if the Church … Read More
Thinking about not thinking about the Pope, the press and condoms
I had a great day yesterday not writing about the Pope and condoms. After a Solemn High Mass at Holy Innocents in Manhattan, with music of De Victoria and the presence of a group of college students, I dashed up … Read More
WDTPRS POLL about your intentions for the US midterm elections
Here is a WDTPRS poll intended for US citizens. Given the way soon-to-be Card. Burke has been subjected to anti-Catholic reporting in the mainstream press (USAToday) and how he has been derided by the NCR (blog of a dissident woman … Read More
WVC on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “To add to Fr. Kelly’s post, Diane Montagna has posted even more information. Trying to blame the pilgrims and the…”
