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I can't stand NCR.
The bishops should ban the use of the word "Catholic" in their masthead.
If they threatened Dorothy Day with it, this crew definitely deserves it.
Preach it. I mean it. Keep preachin' it.
Pope Benedict did say we are will probably have a smaller but more solidly Catholic Church ( my severe paraphrasing) didn't he. Well...here we are. I'm generally not of a divisive mind, but on this, there can be no debate. NCR is just plain wrong. And foolish to lead others astray.
This is Orwellian. They totally gut the meaning of words, like "prolife" and give it a new meaning and then apply it to their candidate, Obama. This is worthy of the Marxist which Obama is.
LvB, I have a dear friend who is my age (mid-30s) and grew up in communist Poland. We've discussed what it was like on several occasions, but on the first occasion he said, "have you ever read '1984'?".
To which I replied, "Of course".
Then he said, "It was like that, but in many cases relatively worse."
Once we were talking about the current state in the U.S. (well before the election) and he said he sees the U.S. becoming more like communist Poland every day. That was before there was a real possibility that we'd have a true Marxist take over the presidency.
Orwellian, you betcha. We get our news from the Ministry of Truth.
one good point, NCR is NOT the Magisterium.
Yeah, NCR is not the Magisterium, but so many confused Catholics will read it and take it as fact. Very sad.
Yes, that would make me blow my stack. Going on about "narrowness" and "partisanship"?
Here's a suggestion - let's have a Democrat candidate who isn't a glove-puppet for Planned Parenthood. That might be a nice change, don't you think?
Well it is NOT Catholic but rather a dissenting distorting rag that is a detriment to the faith.
This is precisely why I confronted my pastor about having this publication in the narthex. Then I guess they decided to have both the Register and the Reporter next to each other. I am "oh so tempted" to grab the stack of Reporters and throw them away each time I see them. So frustrating indeed that so many catholics will read the Reporter and be more confused than ever.
The National Anti-Catholic Reporter is sooooooooooooo passe. Always fighting the last war. I don't believe many people take this Doubleknit Dinosaur publication seriously. Tom
...many will call out "Lord, Lord..."
very discouraging but we must keep up our efforts to get out the true teachings of the church.
..sheep and goats..which one will we be?
WCC +
Judging from his homilies, I think my priest must subscribe to NCR. So THAT'S where he gets his rhetoric.
What level of dessent is exceptable?It seems if someone else has a different opinion, then they are trashed. Please present and argument that counters the message that they are saying. Otherwise, I feel that it is a very well written argument that needs to be answered by our Bishops.
Its been The National Catholic Distorter for as long as I can remember.
Who has crossed the line?? It seems to me the brave bishops have drawn a line in the sand. We can see what side the National Catholic Reporter stands on. That is why I read the National Catholic REGISTER!
Reggie, try reading the dozens of articles I have posted on this and related topics over the last couple months.
Atleast the bishops have seen to it that, if some members of the flock should one morning wake up in hell, they won't have to wonder how they got there.
If I let the Reporter raise my blood pressure every time they tried to subvert Catholic teaching I would be in the ICU. I sort of had the same feeling about "America" magazine, so I stopped reading both. Who does read these anymore? Anybody have stats on actual readership? You'd think the readership would just jump over to the NY times if they really want leftist fantasy.
So far the comments they have permitted support their article.
I left a critical comment and am interested to see if they will print it.
The editors of the NCR article don't give their names; they only identify themselves as "the editors". So all the editors are in complete agreement with each other? How "independent" is that! I guess they meant independent from the Magisterium.
Atheling, I too left a critical comment this morning and it has yet to appear. Interesting. I'll keep my eyes peeled.
That guy abe who comments on NCR is usually on the money.
I left a critical comment as well... still no posting...
Looks like a "dissenter's" Echo chamber...
Somebody should start a petition to have John Allen Jr. extract himself from that abysmal rag -- it amazes me that he still associates himself with it.
"Essentially, they are claiming to be more Catholic than (at least) 1-in-4 American bishops."
& this is a surprize? The Non-Catholic Reporter thinks it is more Catholic than the Pope.
The NCR wouyld have lined up with Arius to support his heresy & condemned Athenasius for his opposition to it.
They are following in a long & disgraceful line of dissent that can only end up in 1 place if they don't repent.
and they're dropping like flies. being sifted like flour. the dogs have come to surround.
sounds like high time to find shelter in the psalms.
Otherwise, I feel that it is a very well written argument that needs to be answered by our Bishops.
Um, no, it doesn't. The bishops have made themselves clear on these issues, and certainly don't need to respond to wannabe editors of that rag. Really? You really think that because the Reporter issues an editorial, that the bishops need to respond? Who has the authority here?
You insist that the Bishops are willing to accept pro-life democratic candidates and ignore folks like Archbishop Burke and Chaput who equate the democratic party with a party of death.
You constantly repudiate along with many Bishops those folks who have made their decisions with much thought and consideration and application of prudential judgement and who have taken the time to pen them because you and these Bishops find their reasonings illogical and insufficient to come to such conclusions and right them off as heretics and obviously not catholic.
Something doesn't add up!
There's reason we called NCR the Nasty Critical Rag in seminary.
Fr. Philip, OP
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