It's called "discussing current news." A lot of that occurs on Free Republic - no reason why it shouldn't happen in the Religion Forum, too. The real issue is why is no one else posting these articles?
From a post of mine on February 20, 2007:
...I don't post "anti" threads. I post news and op-ed articles that have a culturally religious component - Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc - just about anything that strikes me as worthy of intelligent discussion (UFOs, anyone?). Since the Catholic Church is the single largest denominational body in the US, you'd expect that they would produce the single largest number of news articles per religious group. If posting news articles is being contentious, then I suggest that Catholics persuade their priests and bishops to stop putting themselves in the news, and stop bashing the messenger when there's something to post.And from May 22, 2008
IMO most people don't take notice of threads in the Religion Forum unless a) it was posted by someone they know, or b) THEIR beliefs are mentioned in the thread title. Case in point - you thought I was a "weird disgruntled Catholic." I'd bet most Catholics on FR never noticed the many threads I posted about the Calvinists, the Baptists, the Dispensationalists, the Mormons, or the Swedenborgites. They're out there - you probably just didn't notice them."That’s what FR is for, posting articles for discussion, on topics of interest to the poster. We have a lively Religion forum in great part thanks to Alex."
I stand by those comments of mine. I think it is very good for people of all religious persuasions to pay close attention to the Catholic Church and seek to discuss the developments in that arena with others.
The Catohlics should welcome critical attention given them. It is a good sign.
Like I said, of the 15 you posted in the last 10 days, 10 were about Catholics. That’s just the facts.
Oh, and you did manage to post a really bizarre article, which claims the appearances at Fatima were actually UFOs, so I guess that falls under the heading of “Catholic” as well as “other.”
Sorry. Your total is now up to 17 posts in the last 10 days, with 12 being about Catholics or the Church. That’s 66% up to 70%.