Posted on 04/03/2005 7:26:41 PM PDT by Fenris6
THE WASHINGTON POST'S COVERAGE of Pope John Paul II
Today featured on page 1, among other things, a news "analysis" by Hanna Rosin. It had a promising title, "His Legacy: A Papacy and Church Transformed." Yet by the fifth paragraph of her 2,000-word piece, one got the impression that Ms. Rosin doesn't think much of John Paul II's legacy:
...The idea that there was a "promise" that the Pope "betrayed" shows such an ignorance of the basic character of the Catholic Church and such a fanciful understanding of what any Pope could or would have done, that one wonders what she has in store for the late pontiff.
....But let's take a look at the "Silencio" event in El Salvador which Rosin describes, as detailed by George Weigel in his biography of the Pope: ... Weigel's account not only adds an awful lot of context to Rosin's; it shows that the truth is the opposite of what Rosin is trying to signal to her readers. (Perhaps Rosin discounts Weigel's reporting because he is, in her words, a "neoconservative.")
...So it turns out the Pope's legacy was not "A Papacy and Church Transformed." His papacy was basically a failure, according to Rosin. The attempt to rewrite history and diminish John Paul II has arrived right on schedule. It would be worrisome if it weren't so pathetic.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/
wrong link, please use:
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/450zentf.asp
That article may have not been good, but the Post had a whole section just dedicated to the Pope and I thought it was respectful. I did not get a chance to see the NY Times, which probably smeared him.
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