Posts Tagged ‘war against the church’

Nothing more dangerous than those rogue Catholics…

Posted: May 21, 2010 by datechguy in catholic, opinion/news
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…praying the Rosary in schools:

A 13-year-old New York student was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school.

Raymond Hosier was sent home for two days over the religious symbol, visible outside his clothing.

His school district in Schenectady said students are not allowed to wear beads out of concern they may be gang-related. Hosier, however, said they’re comforting since the loss of his brother and uncle.

After all if you have kids praying the Rosary they might start honoring their father’s and their mothers or deciding to love their neighbors as themselves and we can’t have that.

And of course if it was an Islamic symbol they would not have dared to touch it, but since Catholicism says to love your enemy instead of cutting off their head the school department doesn’t fear them.

However I’ll bet the school department fears a canny lawyer nearly as much as much as Islamic violence so if I was an enterprising young lawyer I’d be calling this boy’s parents STAT.

He won’t get support from the national media either, they only like Catholics who don’t believe.

If this upsets you then watch this post at Adrienne’s Corner to cheer you up.

Was MSNBC being dishonest this morning concerning the Pope?

Posted: May 11, 2010 by datechguy in catholic, internet/free speech, media, opinion/news
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I took it very ill at the short that Mika took at the Pope this morning but after seeing this story at the memeorandum I am even more upset:

“Today we see in a truly terrifying way that the greatest persecution of the Church does not come from outside enemies, but is born of sin within the Church,” the pontiff told reporters on a plane bound for Portugal.

His comments were his most direct response to press questions, and some of his strongest words yet on the abuse scandal, says the BBC’s Vatican Correspondent, who is travelling with the Pope.

Benedict said the Church has “a very deep need” to acknowledge that it must do penance for its sins and “accept purification”.

However, he added that forgiveness should not be a substitute for justice.

MSNBC portrayed the pope’s remarks saying that the scandal represents the greatest persecution of the church but didn’t mention the rest of the quote saying that its origin is from within, that is: the scandal.

I very much hope that Mika was not aware of the rest of the quote and is a question of a producer giving her incomplete information. If she was aware and she is not ashamed as a journalist she ought to be.