{"id":8102,"date":"2004-01-22T00:13:48","date_gmt":"2004-01-22T00:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/peggy_noonans_02.html"},"modified":"2004-01-22T00:13:48","modified_gmt":"2004-01-22T00:13:48","slug":"peggy_noonans_02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/peggy_noonans_02.html","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Noonan’s .02"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the Vatican and “The Passion”<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead, intrigue. Yesterday, Jan. 21, Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News e-mailed Dr. Navarro-Valls and asked him about the e-mails the spokesman had sent to Steve McEveety. How could the Vatican deny the pope’s quote when you told the producer to use it again and again?<\/p>\n

Dr. Navarro-Valls quickly replied. He told Mr. Dreher that “the e-mails were not authentic. He was suggesting that they were fabricated. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nRead the whole thing, and then wonder: What’s going on with Vatican spokesman Navarro-Valls? I am quite puzzled by the whole thing. Some have suggested that there was a fear of the Pope’s words being plastered on movie posters, but I also wonder if belated word got to the Vatican regarding Mel Gibson’s association with a schismatic group and someone’s concerned about that.<\/p>\n

But whatever the case – someone seems to not be telling the truth. Which is always too bad. But especially here.<\/p>\n

Here’s Rod Dreher’s column<\/a> (link requires registration)<\/p>\n

To agree with the Vatican’s story, you have to believe that not only would Mel Gibson’s crew invent the pope’s quote but also that it would dare to use such a lollapalooza of a lie to sell a film.<\/p>\n

You have to believe that the ruse would involve both Mr. McEveety and Ms. Noonan fabricating e-mails from the papal spokesman. <\/p>\n

And you have to believe that the independent reporting by NCR’s John Allen, which didn’t rely on a movie source, was trumped up. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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