Posted on 05/09/2023 6:18:47 PM PDT by ebb tide
San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy sharply criticized the Eternal Word Television Network, the conservative Catholic U.S. media conglomerate, in an interview with Spanish magazine Vida Nueva published on March 24.
Vida Nueva asked McElroy about the decision of newly installed Bishop Fernando Prado of San Sebastián, Spain, to ban diocesan television from carrying content produced by EWTN. Prado wrote that he made the decision “trying to support the communion of the diocese with the Successor of Peter.”
“I would not have EWTN on diocesan media either,” McElroy responded.
“EWTN worries me because it represents a giant of economic and cultural power connected to a religious viewpoint that is fundamentally critical of the pope,” the cardinal said.
“The main anchors of the channel constantly minimize the abilities and theological knowledge of Francis, cite Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s slander of the pope and try to move the world away from the reforms the pope is signaling,” said McElroy….
Full story at NCR Online
Not surprising at all. Cardinal Mahoney, another politician-cum-Cardinal who defended predator priests also hated EWTN. They must be doing something right.
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