{"id":2760,"date":"2008-09-30T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/and-lets-not-forget-that-blog-the-bacons-bench.html"},"modified":"2008-09-30T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T09:15:00","slug":"and-lets-not-forget-that-blog-the-bacons-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/and-lets-not-forget-that-blog-the-bacons-bench.html","title":{"rendered":"And let’s not forget that blog, “The Bacon’s Bench”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This piece in NCR<\/a> about Catholic blogs was pretty interesting, until I started counting the embarrassing mistakes. (Memo to Amy Welborn: call your lawyer). <\/p>\n

But James Martin sums up the Catholic blogosphere succinctly: <\/p>\n

“At their best, Catholic blogs serve the same function as do the entry halls that are part of new church buildings in this country: as a place to learn about church news, discuss the issues of the day, and get to know one\u2019s fellow Catholics. At their worst, some Catholic blogs are a place to trade mean-spirited insults about Catholics with whom the bloggers disagree. Some of the more vituperative blogs seem barely Christian, let alone Catholic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You might want to check out the rest<\/a> of the article for some examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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