Distortion of What Pope Francis Says

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Has there always been this catastrophic distortion of what the Pope says? I truly hate to see him distorted so in the media. It seems as if many Catholics even take what he says and blow it completely out of proportion. I’m fairly new to reading Catholic media/forums so I am still pretty green to the culture on here.

Anyway, if you want your day made, skip to about three minutes, five seconds in.

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You just have to get used to it. Even Padre Pio said “they always misquote me”.

a joke along those lines.

Pope John Paul II was visiting the seashore for some event and was walking near the water when a gust of wind blew off his mitre and it landed in the ocean. The Pope quickly ran out upon the waters to fetch his hat, picked it up and calmly walked on the waves back to the dry beach.
The newspaper headlines the next morning “The Pope can’t swim.”
 
Pope john Paul II was constantly misquoted too. I always remember the time he said that heaven and hell were spiritual places not material places (like our material work) and all newspapers came out with headlines saying that the Pope had just said that heaven and hell do not exist. The media always does that.
 
Deacon , she gathers courage to.sing a song to a Pope. She has that courage within.and her song is one to Mary who strengthens her.

Love draws the best in us.
I am not sure what the time has to do ,Deacon.🙂
 
The problem is that the OP completely change thought midstream. First he was talking about misquoting the Pope then changed to a touchy-feely video clip. I too couldn’t see the connection between what the original statement was and what relation the video had to it. It had no connection whatsover, that’s what the confusion was.
 
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The problem is that the OP completely change thought midstream. First he was talking about misquoting the Pope then changed to a touchy-feely video clip. I too couldn’t see the connection between what the original statement was and what relation the video had to it. It had no connection whatsover, that’s what the confusion was.
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Ok ! I see now.
 
Ahhh ! It was the time on the video ,I thought Deacon meant the time of day !
As my brothers say , I sometimes "land “with some " delay”.😃 Sorry ,Deacon:)
 
Sorry, I should have been more clear, I just thought it was a positive “Pope related” thing to see.
 
Billy112 said:
Has there always been this catastrophic distortion of what the Pope says? I truly hate to see him distorted so in the media. It seems as if many Catholics even take what he says and blow it completely out of proportion. I’m fairly new to reading Catholic media/forums so I am still pretty green to the culture on here.

Anyway, if you want your day made, skip to about three minutes, five seconds in.

youtube.com/watch?v=BEnWw9iOVHw
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“Always” is one of those words, like “never” that one might consider striking from the dictionary (“You always interrupt me when I am speaking to my mother!” You never pick up your laundry!")

75 years ago, in most society and in particular in the press, church matters were spoken of with far more respect than they do today. Society has become far, far more secularized than it was 3 or 4 generations ago. Some of that may be blamed on the changes in communications - television, the internet, and etc. - but a lot of it has had to do with changes in the general public discourse. It would make for an interesting dissertation, perhaps for a PhD theses, as to the why and the progression, but no, the Pope has not “always” been misquoted.

Not all of the press is liberal, and not all of the press is secular minded. And not all misquoting, quoting out of context, and distortion is due to the liberal press; there are plenty enough rag sheets on the right who can play the same game.
 
You guys should see the errors that reporters make when talking about science… :rolleyes:
 
Always is a strong word, but the trend has been gradually building ever since there has been popular media (about a century), and especially since the 1960s, when the media led people to believe that the Church was about to change its teaching on contraception. When Blessed Paul VI reaffirmed it, people were shocked, because of the reports that they had seen and heard. After that, the media no longer fawned over Pope Paul, as they previously had.

The same occurred with St. John Paul II. Because he was young for a Pope (58), and was the first non-Italian in centuries, and because his style of speaking with people was much like Pope Francis, he was immediately loved, and the media generally misrepresented what he said.But after two or three years, when he had more clearly affirmed everything that the secular world loves, with little wiggle room, the media began to turn on him. Until such time that Francis speaks more clearly and firmly, this is what will happen. When he does, they will drop him.
 
Yes, I agree with you whole heartedly that there is distortion about what the Pope actually says

As I reported once before on this site, the top three most popular news internet sites in the US are:

1 Yahoo news
2 Google news
3 Huffington Post

I believe that the vast majority of Americans and American Catholics under age 65 views these sites routinely and in the case of Yahoo and Google very likely is their home page. This morning both Yahoo and Google had the Pope’s annulment story on their front page. Whether we like or not, this is where many Americans receive their information about the Catholic Church.

Routine Catholic Church goers primarily receive their information from their local parish bulletin and secondarily from sites such as this one. On Church doctrines, I prefer to receive such information directly from my local parish priest and/or printed in the local parish bulletin.
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God Bless and Peace to all.
 
In this world, where most people are now used to conveying important life information in 140 characters or less, it would seem that the vast majority of people get their news from the headlines.
Take the recent announcement of the Pope to make the annulment process simpler. I cannot count on my fingers the amount of papers online telling me that, “The Pope to let Catholics divorce.” :takethat:
 
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