Why not? Like it or not, in this case, the NCR is simply relaying the facts. That the Paulist Center is a dissident hotbed right in the heart of Gang-of-Eight Cardinal O'Malley's back yard is old news. He apparently is content with the situation since he allows it to persist. And now, as we see, the Paulist Center has seized on the words of Pope Francis to promote its leftist "gathering space". The unfortunate fact is that his off-the-cuff comments seem to condone their views and are easily appropriated and applied to a marketing campaign promoting their agenda. Check out the video if you doubt this is true.
The spirit of the place is reflected in this 60-second video, titled "All are Welcome," released by the center this week as a Lenten outreach. Its creator, fellow parishioner Vincent Rocchio, said he was inspired by a comment by center director Fr. Frank Desiderio as he wondered aloud about a new tagline for the center: "If you like Pope Francis, you'll love us."
During the pontificate of JP the Great I read his Wednesday audiences printed in the Wanderer, and by doing so I was immune to the overtures of the liberals.
JP the Great had a learning curve that he mastered after he was shot. Francis is a quick learner.
When Francis made his recent comments about civil unions he did not intend to inquire how they could be accepted, instead he wants to know why there is such a sudden demand to legalize them.
National Catholic Reporter is a leftist site that twists and misreports, for their leftist agenda, anything and everything from Francis to try and make him “their pope”. I would never use one word from these pro-abortion, Cafeteria-Catholic types. When you cite anything from their website you are promoting their site.