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Summing Up the Year: ABC Praises Pope Francis for Something He Didn’t Say
National Review ^ | December 28, 2014 | Patrick Brennan

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.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; homosexualagenda; memebuilding; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; popefrancis; romancatholicism; smerconish; thisweek
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First they report stuff the Pope didn't say (e.g. the alleged comment on animals going to heaven, which Pope Francis didn't say anything about at all), then they make their own fabrication the Key News of the Year.

"The Narrative" swallows journalism whole. And the beat goes on...

1 posted on 12/28/2014 3:13:21 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
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To: Mrs. Don-o

In other news, there was a HUGE Kwanzaa parade in Los Angeles!

/sarc
(only makes sense if you saw the original thread)


2 posted on 12/28/2014 3:15:49 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

This ‘mistaken praise’ for The Pontiff seems to happen every other week. There are pluses and minuses to that.


3 posted on 12/28/2014 3:17:13 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Mrs. Don-o

**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.


4 posted on 12/28/2014 3:19:09 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
More fake journalism:

In LA, CBS Station Pretends There Was a Real Kwanzaa Parade Yesterday

We must always be alert to leftist narratives.

5 posted on 12/28/2014 3:19:29 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: workerbee

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.


6 posted on 12/28/2014 3:19:36 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Pope Translator:

http://www.setonmagazine.com/latest-articles/what-if-the-translators-of-pope-francis-translated-other-stuff-in-history


7 posted on 12/28/2014 3:19:48 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: workerbee

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.


8 posted on 12/28/2014 3:52:38 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Salvation; Mrs. Don-o

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.


9 posted on 12/28/2014 4:04:06 PM PST by tomsbartoo (St Pius X watch over us)
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To: tomsbartoo

I’ll go with “Never”.


10 posted on 12/28/2014 4:08:47 PM PST by ebb tide (I am the first pope whoÂ… studied theology after the Council ...Humble Jorge)
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To: Slyfox
These EneMedia "translations" are great. My favorite of-the-moment is:

Alexander Dumas
Original French: “Tous pour un, un pour tous.”
English translation: “All for one, one for all.”
Media translation: “Socialism is great.”

Read more at http://www.setonmagazine.com/latest-articles/what-if-the-translators-of-pope-francis-translated-other-stuff-in-history#8EQokZqSrK5oTqKU.99

11 posted on 12/28/2014 4:09:30 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Faith with love is the faith of Christians. Without love, it is the faith of demons. - Bede the Ven)
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To: tomsbartoo
But how would you know if his corrections don't get reported? I mean, the "Who am I to judge?" quote wasn't even out there for one news cycle before it was pointed out that, in context, Pope Francis was talking about a person who had repented. Did that correction EVER get 1/1,000th of the coverage of the original carefully-snipped snippet? And that snippet is still being stretched to SuperSize and unfurled from the high flagpoles as a kind of all-purpose antinomian banner --- even by FReepers.
12 posted on 12/28/2014 4:14:53 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Faith with love is the faith of Christians. Without love, it is the faith of demons. - Bede the Ven)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
The Lamestream media hasn't changed one iota. Their lies just didn't get caught so fast by so many.
My opinion, of course.
13 posted on 12/28/2014 4:17:30 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I find it interesting how you try to divert attention from Francis’ actual words with silly distractive links.


14 posted on 12/28/2014 4:18:45 PM PST by ebb tide (I am the first pope whoÂ… studied theology after the Council ...Humble Jorge)
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To: ebb tide; All

I love that link. They’re all germaine, and funny, too. Most of us don’t mind laughing at the EneMedia. Enjoy!


15 posted on 12/28/2014 5:27:39 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (And a Happy Fifth Day of Christmas!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I like the nfl.com link and it’s about as germaine as yours regarding the Pope’s pronouncements.


16 posted on 12/28/2014 5:55:42 PM PST by ebb tide (I am the first pope whoÂ… studied theology after the Council ...Humble Jorge)
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To: ebb tide

Thank you! I appreciate that!


17 posted on 12/28/2014 6:04:09 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (When I grow up, I'm gonna settle down, chew honeycomb & drive a tractor, grow things in the ground.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Glad to help.


18 posted on 12/28/2014 6:14:16 PM PST by ebb tide (I am the first pope whoÂ… studied theology after the Council ...Humble Jorge)
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To: workerbee
Busted: CBS Station Pretends There Was a Real Kwanzaa Parade
19 posted on 12/28/2014 8:09:59 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
I find it extremely interesting that so many on this forum root for the downfall of the Catholic Church. We indeed do have our faults. However, if the evil that is now congregating succeeds in bringing down the Church the attendees of generic Rev. Feelgood Bible Thumpers of the Week will have to take all the heat and I know they are not prepared to do that.

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.

20 posted on 12/29/2014 4:46:21 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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