Pittsburgh Diocese Still Hates the Free Press
Because the free press in the last four years exposed the perverts and child molesters in the Catholic priesthood, not to mention the protection given these criminals by Catholic bishops, the Roman Church is fighting back against the media. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Diocese is doing this via a steady stream of anti-media articles, written with the intent of turning Catholics against anything the media says.
The Pittsburgh Diocese wants to inculcate (there's a good Jesuit word) Catholics to the point where if anything bad is reported about the Catholic Church, Catholics will have been so brainwashed they will think, "Ohhhh, it's just that anti-Catholic media again."
The latest example was seen in the Dec 16 issue of the Pittsburgh Catholic in an article titled, "Media Miss the Mark – Again."
In this instance, the Vatican recently released a document about, "The ordination to the priesthood of men with deep-seated homosexual tendencies." The reason the Vatican released this document was as a public relations sham to show they are 'aware' of the homosexual problems in their priesthood.
But this Vatican PR campaign backfired when the media didn't report on it in glowing terms as Rome hoped!
Catholics have a problem – They receive ANYTHING coming from the Vatican with NO questions asked. Therefore, Catholics are astounded (and angry) when the rest of us don't receive Vatican pronouncements with the same awe and wonder!
So, here's how the Pittsburgh Catholic whined about media coverage of this document:
1. "Hysterical news reports and overblown commentaries."
2. "Silly commentaries (by) those allegedly unbiased news reports that parroted the same party line."
3. "What the document didn't do was fit a cultural agenda that has drifted from the editorial and op-ed pages into the news pages in too many media outlets."
Wow!! Question - Did the media, in covering this document, get it THAT wrong – again??
Answer - Or, maybe Catholics just hate the media for exposing their wicked priests!
What's interesting is – The article said this document, "Did not break any NEW GROUND (emphasis mine) when it stated that a person who practiced homosexuality, had unresolved and deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or actively supported a homosexual agenda directly contrary to the teaching of the church should not pursue the priesthood."
Question - If there was nothing "NEW" in this document, WHY did the Vatican publish it? This is one point the editors at the Pittsburgh Catholic conveniently neglected to answer.
We thank God for a free press. What's the alternative – to believe everything the Pope and his bishops say?
The Pittsburgh Diocese wants to inculcate (there's a good Jesuit word) Catholics to the point where if anything bad is reported about the Catholic Church, Catholics will have been so brainwashed they will think, "Ohhhh, it's just that anti-Catholic media again."
The latest example was seen in the Dec 16 issue of the Pittsburgh Catholic in an article titled, "Media Miss the Mark – Again."
In this instance, the Vatican recently released a document about, "The ordination to the priesthood of men with deep-seated homosexual tendencies." The reason the Vatican released this document was as a public relations sham to show they are 'aware' of the homosexual problems in their priesthood.
But this Vatican PR campaign backfired when the media didn't report on it in glowing terms as Rome hoped!
Catholics have a problem – They receive ANYTHING coming from the Vatican with NO questions asked. Therefore, Catholics are astounded (and angry) when the rest of us don't receive Vatican pronouncements with the same awe and wonder!
So, here's how the Pittsburgh Catholic whined about media coverage of this document:
1. "Hysterical news reports and overblown commentaries."
2. "Silly commentaries (by) those allegedly unbiased news reports that parroted the same party line."
3. "What the document didn't do was fit a cultural agenda that has drifted from the editorial and op-ed pages into the news pages in too many media outlets."
Wow!! Question - Did the media, in covering this document, get it THAT wrong – again??
Answer - Or, maybe Catholics just hate the media for exposing their wicked priests!
What's interesting is – The article said this document, "Did not break any NEW GROUND (emphasis mine) when it stated that a person who practiced homosexuality, had unresolved and deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or actively supported a homosexual agenda directly contrary to the teaching of the church should not pursue the priesthood."
Question - If there was nothing "NEW" in this document, WHY did the Vatican publish it? This is one point the editors at the Pittsburgh Catholic conveniently neglected to answer.
We thank God for a free press. What's the alternative – to believe everything the Pope and his bishops say?
posted by Robt. B. at 12:42 PM
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