Now, more than ever, we need to call to mind the words of Archbishop Charles Chaput:
| 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. |
Things of the Church reported in the secular media, particularly about the Holy Father, need to be viewed with the most jaundiced eye. They will do their best to make it spin left.
Exactly. Helping the poor is what all Christians are called to do. But there is a huge difference between “helping the poor” and socialism. The media are trying to spin it that this pope endorses wealth redistribution when he hasn’t indicated any such belief. They are acting like Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul or any Catholic for that matter ignored the poor and that’s simply not true. As always, the MSM is hard at work twisting words and trying to get Christians fighting amongst themselves. Don’t fall for it.