In reflecting on the latest misreporting of Catholic news, I’m not seeing this as simple “anti-Catholicism” or “anti-religion.”
Because it seems to me that it would be very easy to report the 7 Deadly Sins story with an anti-Catholic angle without doing a whole lot of work:
“Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, in an interview conducted within view of the grandeur of the Apostolic Palace known, as is the rest of the Vatican for its vast collection of treasures gathered by richly-grabed pontiffs over the centuries declared that ordinary Catholics should be aware that the pursuit “obscene wealth” was a serious sin that put their souls at risk.”
No, there’s something different at work here – because even an idiot reading this article could see that Girotti said nothing even close to what was reported. I can’t get inside the head of a writer who would say, “Okay…he’s said this…let’s put it in the context of…wait, I’ve got it…the 7 Deadly Sins! Let’s say he’s replacing them! With recycling!”
My powers of empathetic thinking have clearly reached their limit.
And the Luther business…where did that come from? Was someone toying with a reporter or what?
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