Huh? The guy who praised Obama's Nobel was one official in the Vatican Press Office. This got turned into "the Vatican said" by the left-wing media, as though it were an ex cathedra Papal statement.
He ain't my husband.
"The guy who praised" was Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi. The follow-up correction was written by author Lucetta Scaraffia, in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, which doesn't enjoy a good reputation among politically conservative Catholics already. I find it hilarious that FRCatholics are now praising the L'Osservatore Romano editorial as being more authoritative of the Vatican position than Fr. Lombardi's.
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The Vatican Press Office does not represent the official postion of the Vatican?
“Huh? The guy who praised Obama’s Nobel was one official in the Vatican Press Office. This got turned into “the Vatican said” by the left-wing media, as though it were an ex cathedra Papal statement.”
Exactly - everytime I see a headline that says “Vatican says”....blah blah blah....99% of the time it’s just some dunderhead who works at that newspaper mouthing off.
When the pope says something substantive the headline reads “Pope says”...and in that case you have to go to the vatican website to get the full context of all the stuff they cherry picked for the articles.