Posted on 12/28/2014 3:13:21 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
ABC’s Sunday show, This Week, used its last edition of the year to review 2014’s key stories, and given the media coverage of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis this year, it’s fitting that one of This Week’s contributors, radio host Michael Smerconish, labeled a few things Pope Francis didn’t say as one of the key stories. Smerconish dubbed Pope Francis a “game changer” of the year “because on issues from the treatment of women to the treatment of gays to even whether our pets are going to make it through the pearly gates, he put a soft, overdue face on the Catholic Church.”
Unfortunately, Pope Francis definitely didn’t do at least one of those things. An Italian newspaper reported, incorrectly, that he’d said something about the existence of animals in heaven. It was Pope Paul VI who in fact said what Francis was reported to have said. Pope Francis did deliver a recent homily promising eternal significance to “everything that surrounds us,” but little more, and the correction was widely reported. (It’s possible Smerconish’s comments, which were probably taped and not delivered live in studio, may have come after the initial report before the correction, in which case the fault is not his but ABC’s.)
Smerconish may be right that the pope has struck a softer tone on homosexuals in the Church, although his comments there were widely misunderstood and more or less a restatement of the catechism, too. He’s made few comments on the role of women at all, so what Smerconish is referring to in that regard isn’t clear.
"The Narrative" swallows journalism whole. And the beat goes on...
In other news, there was a HUGE Kwanzaa parade in Los Angeles!
/sarc
(only makes sense if you saw the original thread)
This ‘mistaken praise’ for The Pontiff seems to happen every other week. There are pluses and minuses to that.
**Pope Francis definitely didn’t do at least one of those things.**
LOL! Like a lot of the stuff that is posted here sometimes in other threads.
In LA, CBS Station Pretends There Was a Real Kwanzaa Parade Yesterday
We must always be alert to leftist narratives.
Yea, as some POS black thug said “ don’t shoot” while having his hands up.
That’s a flat out lie too, but matters not to any libs, MSM or not.
Pope Translator:
I think about three people and a muzzled chihuahua were in attendance. Or maybe not, they went into the grocery store and missed the entire ‘procession’ of low riders with spiky hubcaps.
Ahhh, but fortunately for Catholics and the Church, the pope comes right back and clears up all those misquotes and misunderstandings.
Within 48 hours or so he generally has everything straightened out, all the confusion is put to rest, and we know just where the Church stands on all those troublesome issues.
Well, maybe not every time, but maybe most of the time? Or maybe sometimes? Ever?
Never might be the answer.
I’ll go with “Never”.
Alexander Dumas
Original French: “Tous pour un, un pour tous.”
English translation: “All for one, one for all.”
Media translation: “Socialism is great.”
I find it interesting how you try to divert attention from Francis’ actual words with silly distractive links.
I love that link. They’re all germaine, and funny, too. Most of us don’t mind laughing at the EneMedia. Enjoy!
I like the nfl.com link and it’s about as germaine as yours regarding the Pope’s pronouncements.
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Glad to help.
Also as an aside. If the Church ceases to be, then I will cease to be a Christian as that would mean that Jesus was a fraud and everything he told us was falsehood.
It also seems ludicrous at the moment that all forces gather against us, rather than the Muslims and atheists. Interesting times we live in.
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