CNA -- Fr. Reese resignation not so ‘tragic’, says Catholic journalist
Catholic News Agency: "Fr. Reese resignation not so ‘tragic’, says Catholic journalist
Washington DC, Jul. 04, 2005 (CNA) - A Catholic journalist and former editor of a diocesan newspaper has suggested that “[dissident] Catholic journalists feeling ‘unfree’ [in their work at Catholic journals] would do well to go over to secular publications where their view of the Church would be quite welcome.”
John Mallon made these comments in a recent issue of Inside the Vatican in response to the Catholic U.S. media’s reaction to the allegedly forced resignation of Fr. Thomas Reese from America magazine.
In his analysis, Mallon noted that some “outraged editors of leftist Catholic journals” called Fr. Reese’s resignation “tragic” and “a sad, disappointing and to some degree shocking development.” They said his departure would put a damper on all “thinking Catholics.”
“The implication is that if you accept the authority of the Magisterium you are an unthinking, unwashed peasant who is an embarrassment to the … American Catholic Church,” said the former editor of Oklahoma City’s Sooner Catholic. “And this perhaps is what is most offensive about theological dissent: the inherent snobbery of it all.”"
A very insightful article especially where it exposes the double standard applied to heterodox and orthodox publishers and writers. When it is an unfaithful publisher or writer such as Fr. Reese, the clamor is all about how "repressive" and "tragic" the situation is. On the other hand, when an orthodox writer or publisher is pushed from his post due to liberal pressure, not a word is uttered.
Read the entire article at the link provided at the top of this post.
Washington DC, Jul. 04, 2005 (CNA) - A Catholic journalist and former editor of a diocesan newspaper has suggested that “[dissident] Catholic journalists feeling ‘unfree’ [in their work at Catholic journals] would do well to go over to secular publications where their view of the Church would be quite welcome.”
John Mallon made these comments in a recent issue of Inside the Vatican in response to the Catholic U.S. media’s reaction to the allegedly forced resignation of Fr. Thomas Reese from America magazine.
In his analysis, Mallon noted that some “outraged editors of leftist Catholic journals” called Fr. Reese’s resignation “tragic” and “a sad, disappointing and to some degree shocking development.” They said his departure would put a damper on all “thinking Catholics.”
“The implication is that if you accept the authority of the Magisterium you are an unthinking, unwashed peasant who is an embarrassment to the … American Catholic Church,” said the former editor of Oklahoma City’s Sooner Catholic. “And this perhaps is what is most offensive about theological dissent: the inherent snobbery of it all.”"
A very insightful article especially where it exposes the double standard applied to heterodox and orthodox publishers and writers. When it is an unfaithful publisher or writer such as Fr. Reese, the clamor is all about how "repressive" and "tragic" the situation is. On the other hand, when an orthodox writer or publisher is pushed from his post due to liberal pressure, not a word is uttered.
Read the entire article at the link provided at the top of this post.
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