We make a very serious mistake if we rely on media like the New York Times, Newsweek, CNN, or MSNBC for reliable news about religion. These news media simply don’t provide trustworthy information about religious faith—and sometimes they can’t provide it, either because of limited resources or because of their own editorial prejudices. These are secular operations focused on making a profit. They have very little sympathy for the Catholic faith, and quite a lot of aggressive skepticism toward any religious community that claims to preach and teach God’s truth. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia |
Those words apply particularly with a leftist, secularist rag like Spiegel.
In other words, I would no more believe a critical article out of that rag than I'd believe an article about Sarah Palin written in Newsweek.
In general I agree Mark. It is just that I see so much of this with my family (including a niece that is going to a ‘Catholic’ university) and others around me that call themselves Catholic that I think there is a ring of truth to this. I have also being sorely disappointed by the actions of my alma mater - Notre Dame.