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Michael038
Guest
News Bulletin
Columnist Donald Collins Publishes Anti-Catholic Screed in Tribune-Review
Dear Diocese of Pittsburgh Newsletter Subscriber:
On occasion, we thought it would be good to call to your attention certain items in the local media that you might have missed.
In today’s issue of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review there is an extremely offensive column by Donald Collins (“Catholic bishops cross church-state line”). This commentary appears to have its roots in antiquated 19th-Century Nativist anti-Catholic rhetoric rather than a serious discussion of an issue in the public arena.
The column is ostensively about immigration reform. But he never really discusses that topic. Instead, Collins writes a dark litany about “Rome and these bishops” manipulating and shaping U.S. public policy.
It is not so much the absurdity of the claims he makes (such as that the Catholic bishops have taken over the Republican Party) but the appeal to anti-Catholicism evidenced throughout the piece.
I have attached the column in case you did not see it. You might wish to write a Letter to the Editor to the Tribune-Review questioning giving space to raw anti-Catholic bigotry. The author has every right to disagree with Catholic beliefs. But Collins has sunk to the lowest form of bigotry. He is not arguing issues. He is simply appealing to visceral anti-Catholicism and nothing more.
Bob Lockwood
Director for Communications
Diocese of Pittsburgh
For more information, contact Robert Lockwood at rlockwood@diopitt.org.
Donald Collins’ Article: pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/guests/print_422285.html
Columnist Donald Collins Publishes Anti-Catholic Screed in Tribune-Review
Dear Diocese of Pittsburgh Newsletter Subscriber:
On occasion, we thought it would be good to call to your attention certain items in the local media that you might have missed.
In today’s issue of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review there is an extremely offensive column by Donald Collins (“Catholic bishops cross church-state line”). This commentary appears to have its roots in antiquated 19th-Century Nativist anti-Catholic rhetoric rather than a serious discussion of an issue in the public arena.
The column is ostensively about immigration reform. But he never really discusses that topic. Instead, Collins writes a dark litany about “Rome and these bishops” manipulating and shaping U.S. public policy.
It is not so much the absurdity of the claims he makes (such as that the Catholic bishops have taken over the Republican Party) but the appeal to anti-Catholicism evidenced throughout the piece.
I have attached the column in case you did not see it. You might wish to write a Letter to the Editor to the Tribune-Review questioning giving space to raw anti-Catholic bigotry. The author has every right to disagree with Catholic beliefs. But Collins has sunk to the lowest form of bigotry. He is not arguing issues. He is simply appealing to visceral anti-Catholicism and nothing more.
Bob Lockwood
Director for Communications
Diocese of Pittsburgh
For more information, contact Robert Lockwood at rlockwood@diopitt.org.
Donald Collins’ Article: pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/guests/print_422285.html