Liza,
As spokeswoman for RCTV, you have a monumental interest in defending the website. Weâve been down this path before, and I see no reason to call the studio, for I have made no secret of my disagreements with disparagement of the clergy. In one video called WMD, you praised the work, yet CAF thought otherwise and removed it, as they have also removed other videos of this caliber.
Indeed, I am not alone in my assessment of what he presents. From the Catechism:
**2497 **By the very nature of their profession, journalists [including web videos] have an obligation to serve the truth and not offend against charity in disseminating information. They should strive to respect, with equal care, the nature of the facts and the limits of critical judgment concerning individuals. They should not stoop to defamation.
This is entirely foreign to Catholic teaching, notably in V-IIâs *Inter Mirifica. *
Youâve certainly seen public disapproval of Michaelâs crude and distasteful manner of presentation, so I would suggest that be a good starting point towards true edification of those he hopes to catechize.
God bless
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Iâve also seen Cardinals and Bishops, Religious Orders talk with Voris . They didnât admonish him or tell him to stop either. Donât you think the priests he has on, interviews would bring up your invocation of the Catechism as if that is a condemnation on him??
Or the authoritative judgment starts with you?
Michael seriously defames the clergy when he lumps them into one body and denigrates them as a whole.
He doesnât do that when he says heâs disgusted when a bishop gives communion to a scandalizing Catholic Politician or doesnât speak up on abortion/gay marriage. What about when he praises the good bishops? Even singled them out on a whole, in one video. So when he appeals to Bishops when they make the* right decisions, in actions we CAN see*? Does that mean, he promotes the Clergy and lumping them into ONE Body and praises them on a whole too because heâs a propagandist for the Church!!!
You see what Iâm getting at? Also what about when he quotes faithful bishops like now Cardinal Burke in reproving our Clergy??
Is he denigrating them while praising them at the same time?
The Clergy defames itself whenever it is complicit to evil; just like the bad bishops defamed itself in regard to the Clergy Scandals. Are you going to just blame the media? Or was it also the fault of the imprudence of our bishops?
The scandals in the late 90âs and 2000âs were not just the media distorting things.
God permitted the wolves at the door from the sins of the Church, nothing will be concealed or hidden; and the bishops that didnât listen hurt the Church with their actions.
I will tell you my reason. I have have no place to sit in judgment upon them. Like RCTV, I have no standing in the Church to voice a complaint. I do not complain about them for the same reason I do not complain about Rush Limbaugh or American Idol - it is easy enough to change the channel. That is how I deal with most programs that do not suit my taste, be it because I find them** insulting to my faith or insulting of my family within the faith, or even just disturbing to my spirit.**
On this forum, we are free to discuss such things. There is no obligation to provide feedback to the programs we do not like any more than we have an obligation to report bugs to Microsoft.
not to get on your case pnewton. I dontâ care to bicker over Voris with fellow Catholics, people have a right to reject his style. But your comment is complaining about them.
Itâs one of those self-refuting things where you post âi donât care about this topicâ by posting on a thread youâre not supposed to care about.
What I find Voris is doing is puncturing the idea that, a ânice personalityâ = Virtuousness or something. One priest says this is ridiculous assumption now by contemporary Catholics, in pluralistic society.
Even the other arguments against Voris is less with what he says, and only that he has to be charitable. But a lot of people donât know what it MEANS to be charitable. In fact, they end up slamming the
âuncharitableâ Michael Voris with half-truths, innuendo, gossip and making fun of him personally, and him as a person, regarding his credentials etc.
Then you got others who act as if they have a monopoly on Charity, and know whatâs best for the Holy Mother Church.
Especially Catholics this day in age. If youâve seen him interviewed by Michael Coren. He seems pretty decent and sincere.
The only criticism I would have on Voris â and this isnât unique to him, because it applies to all of us â is *how *& choosing *when *to approach engaging & defending of the Faith with prudent judgment. That isnât something not many of us can claim we have mastered!
So really all this talk about charity is just based on personal preference , not TRUE adherence to example shown by the saints imitation of Christ. Itâs all â*My idea of charity. My COMFORT ZONE of Charity. My assumption of Virtue in the 21st century which is not offending anybody!â *
I say let him be, if you truly believe he is undermining the Church or uncharitable. Maybe youâre not praying hard enough for others to grow in Charity! Donât you think God will reproach him and his apostolate? And they will be chastised and encounter problems more and more? Why waste time slamming people who like RCTV and Voris. Why not just pray for Michael Voris & the misguided folks at RCTV, and the Catholics on here who arenât averse to it. Instead assuming you must say "
You stay away from them because I said so! "
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