My point is that polemical posts like this one are not helpful, no matter which side they come from, if we wish to promote unity of spirit among professing Christians of all kinds on FR. The line between controversy and “bashing” is very hard to distinguish. If “Catholic bashing” is forbidden, it seems to me that Catholics on FR should reciprocate by avoiding the use of material that is openly critical toward Protestants. There’s way too much at stake these days for Catholics and Protestants on FR to be wasting their energy like this.
And here’s another suggestion: It’s clear that Msgr. Pope was writing this “for us Catholics” (his words). So maybe it would be better, if you must post things like this on FR at all, to use a Catholic Caucus designation, since it is clear that the Monsignor was assuming that his readers would be sympathetic to his stance and just need more equipping.
‘If we didn’t know better’ one could believe the poster is trying her best to trap non-catholics she doesn’t want at fr, so they get beaned for responding to the smears she posts under the guise of ‘open discussion’. I mean, how can a Christian openly object to the raising of Mary to co-mediator of salvation, without having the ball bat upside the head as catholic bashing?