Link TV Mocks Catholicism; Video Produced with Federal Funds

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From the Catholic League:
catholicleague.com/release.php?id=1552
LINK TV MOCKS CATHOLICISM; VIDEO PRODUCED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS

February 5, 2009

On February 3, Link TV featured a three and a half minute video that mocks Catholicism. The media outlet is available as a basic service in more than 31 million homes that receive direct broadcast satellite TV.

The video, “Divine Food,” opens with a priest waking up to a rumbling noise that shakes the religious symbols and statues in his room. He proceeds to a Catholic church where he discovers several wafers near a cup (the implication is that they are consecrated Hosts). In a disrespectful manner, he chews them vigorously and then admonishes the statues that are “looking at him.” He falls asleep in the church and when awakened he is asked to say Mass, which he refuses to do. The priest then makes large wafers out of dough and gives the pancake-like substance (which he calls the “Body of Christ”) to confused parishioners at Communion. The video ends when he drops the remaining “Hosts” into a dirty aquarium.

Here is what Catholic League president Bill Donohue said about it:

“This video first aired last summer, right after a professor from the University of Minnesota intentionally desecrated the Eucharist. Now it’s being shown again. At first we thought this was just another loony attack, but then we found out that Link TV is funded by foundations that support anti-Catholicism. To wit: the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Wallace Global Fund and George Soros’ Open Society Institute all fund Link TV, and all are generous contributors to Catholics for Choice, a notoriously anti-Catholic front group. Worse, of the three co-producers of the video, one of them—ITVS—is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a public entity.

“So here we have the urbane bigots in the foundation world, and a taxpayer-funded organization, underwriting anti-Catholicism. We will ask Link TV to pull the video. We hope we don’t have to do more.”

Contact Link TV media head, Julia Pacetti: jpacetti@linktv.org. We’ll contact the others involved. To see the video, click here.

Copyright © 1997-2009 by Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
*Material from this website may be reprinted and disseminated with accompanying attribution.
 
Not shocking at all to me. Link TV’s board of directors is stacked with people from the Far left. Probably most notably is Harry Belafonte, who is a UNCIEF ambassador who has praised both Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez while condemming the Bush administration over the years. I used to have this channel when my family had satellite and their big programming was this show called Mosiac which was basically an hour of propoganda from many news outlets in the Middle East that are state run! Most of their programming provides a soapbox for far left wing activists. They are hardly supporters of “a diversity of opinion” as their mission statement suggests.
 
I heard about this and sent them an email. I hope many others on here will do the same, this is really sick and we have to act!!:mad:
 
On February 3, Link TV featured a three and a half minute video that mocks Catholicism. The media outlet is available as a basic service in more than 31 million homes that receive direct broadcast satellite TV.

The video, “Divine Food,” opens with a priest waking up to a rumbling noise that shakes the religious symbols and statues in his room. He proceeds to a Catholic church where he discovers several wafers near a cup (the implication is that they are consecrated Hosts). In a disrespectful manner, he chews them vigorously and then admonishes the statues that are “looking at him.” He falls asleep in the church and when awakened he is asked to say Mass, which he refuses to do. The priest then makes large wafers out of dough and gives the pancake-like substance (which he calls the “Body of Christ”) to confused parishioners at Communion. The video ends when he drops the remaining “Hosts” into a dirty aquarium.

Here is what Catholic League president Bill Donohue said about it:

“This video first aired last summer, right after a professor from the University of Minnesota intentionally desecrated the Eucharist. Now it’s being shown again. At first we thought this was just another loony attack, but then we found out that Link TV is funded by foundations that support anti-Catholicism. To wit: the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Wallace Global Fund and George Soros’ Open Society Institute all fund Link TV, and all are generous contributors to Catholics for Choice, a notoriously anti-Catholic front group. Worse, of the three co-producers of the video, one of them—ITVS—is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a public entity.

“So here we have the urbane bigots in the foundation world, and a taxpayer-funded organization, underwriting anti-Catholicism. We will ask Link TV to pull the video. We hope we don’t have to do more.”

Source: catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1552

If this is not bona fide evidence that we are standing at the threshold of a new persecution against the Catholic Church (against Christianity in general), then I can’t imagine what could be classified as such.

Here is the video. I warn you, it will make your blood boil — or at least it should:
linktv.org/video/2746

Say some prayers of reparation to our Lord after watching this video, on behalf of the wicked people who are responsible for producing it and for all those who will laugh along with it.

I once had a long conversation with a convert to the Catholic Church, a woman who used to be a practicing satanist. Among the other things she shared with me about how satanists operate, she declared that they simply don’t care about or bother with any group of Christians other than the Catholic Church. The way she put it, “We satanists would frequently pose as Catholics and approach to receive Communion at Mass, so we could pocket the consecrated host and bring it back to our group to profane it.” She said, with tremendous sorrow and remorse, that satanists know exactly Who that is in the Eucharist: Jesus Christ. And that’s why they focus their energies on attacking and mocking the Catholic Church.

And this new Link TV video atrocity is another, well-publicized, example of that satantic malice at work.

Are you mad now? Then stand up and make your voice heard on this. Pray for the idiots behind this and then raise some hell about it with all the appropriate parties.

Source: patrickmadrid.blogspot.com/2009/02/oh-and-did-you-know-you-paid-for-that.html
 
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!

Eternal Father, I offer You the Most Precious
Body and Blood, Soul and Divnity of
Your dearly beloved Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ
in atonement for our sins and
the sins of the whole world

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and
on the whole world.

O Most Holy Trinity,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most precious
Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ
present in all the tabernacles of the world,
in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and
indifferences by which He is offended.
By the infinite merits of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
I beg the conversion of poor sinners.
Amen.
 
I won’t watch the video. Reading it from the the Catholic League will suffice, but the question is now, how do we make those who made the video and supported the organization hurt in the pocket? That is the only way things seem to happen when one deals with such situations. You have to bring them to a stop by hurting them financially. The prayer aspect is already a given, as so many people have noted.

As Catholics, we cannot sit by and let society make a mockery of our faith. They have done it enough over the years. In America, Catholics make up approximately 25% of the population. No not all will act, but even with half making noise that is pretty darn loud.

Pax.
 
Just read the Mission Statement of Link TV:

linktv.org/whoweare/mission (Also posted below)

In the past I have delved into some of the ultra activist environmental NGOs that proliferate in the area where I live. Many of those I’ve looked into are funded by (among others)…
the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Wallace Global Fund and George Soros’ Open Society Institute
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It seems to me that Link TV can try to get away with broadcasting just about anything with a Mission Statement like this! (Beware of my added comments…)
Link TV is committed to:
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  • Educating American viewers by offering in-depth programs on issues of regional and world importance. We expose our audience to people they would never meet, to cultures they might never understand and to issues they have yet to consider. (Sounds positive until it comes to the Catholic Church)
    • Providing a global perspective on world issues and culture offering alternate viewpoints that are not U.S.-centric. Through the presentation of other nations’ newscasts we offer diverse perspectives on world events. Through personal stories told in Link TV documentaries we humanize the ‘other’ and counter the tendency to make enemies out of the unknown.
    • Giving voice to people without a voice, from communities under-represented in conventional media and unknown to most Americans. Our programs connect viewers not only to the ‘movers and shakers’ but also to the ‘moved and shaken’-- people affected by the news. We cover U.S. domestic issues, showing their connection to global affairs.
    • Encouraging action on the part of the viewer. (Yeah, we need to take action!) Our programs counter the cynicism and resignation that can result from watching conventional television news. Program trailers and the website gives viewers access to tools and connections to take action on social issues.
    • Promoting cross-cultural dialogue through innovative television formats. Live call-in programs provoke discussion on global issues by participants that may be separated by ideological differences and thousands of miles.
    • Fostering collaboration through coalition building with partner organizations *(World Wide Wicca?*and grassroots organizations around specific issue programs.)
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Even considering Link TV’s mission statement, I don’t get any real point to that video. It was very strange and did not seem to be a cheap production–not surprising considering the funding.
 
Benedict108 said:
I won’t watch the video. Reading it from the the Catholic League will suffice, but the question is now, how do we make those who made the video and supported the organization hurt in the pocket? That is the only way things seem to happen when one deals with such situations. You have to bring them to a stop by hurting them financially. The prayer aspect is already a given, as so many people have noted.
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Write your local PBS affiliate and explain that you will not be supporting them financially because of the support for this project by ITVS, which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as the other foundations that often support PBS. Also let them know that you will let your Christian friends know of this incident,as well, and will encourage them to withdraw any support. Of course, PBS has given us lectures by Deepak Chopra and other non-Christian types that run contrary to our faith. That’s enough to rescind any donations that had been made.

They will probably say that they had nothing to do with the project, to which I would respond that they should let the foundations know about these objections. Come to think of it, it wouldn’t hurt to communicate with those foundations and let them know that your charity funds are not going to find their way to public broadcasting.

Anyway, just my 2/100ths of a dollar.

God bless,
Dan
 
thereseozi said:
From the Catholic League:
catholicleague.com/release.php?id=1552
LINK TV MOCKS CATHOLICISM; VIDEO PRODUCED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS

February 5, 2009

On February 3, Link TV featured a three and a half minute video that mocks Catholicism. The media outlet is available as a basic service in more than 31 million homes that receive direct broadcast satellite TV.

The video, “Divine Food,” opens with a priest waking up to a rumbling noise that shakes the religious symbols and statues in his room. He proceeds to a Catholic church where he discovers several wafers near a cup (the implication is that they are consecrated Hosts). In a disrespectful manner, he chews them vigorously and then admonishes the statues that are “looking at him.” He falls asleep in the church and when awakened he is asked to say Mass, which he refuses to do. The priest then makes large wafers out of dough and gives the pancake-like substance (which he calls the “Body of Christ”) to confused parishioners at Communion. The video ends when he drops the remaining “Hosts” into a dirty aquarium.

Here is what Catholic League president Bill Donohue said about it:

“This video first aired last summer, right after a professor from the University of Minnesota intentionally desecrated the Eucharist. Now it’s being shown again. At first we thought this was just another loony attack, but then we found out that Link TV is funded by foundations that support anti-Catholicism. To wit: the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Wallace Global Fund and George Soros’ Open Society Institute all fund Link TV, and all are generous contributors to Catholics for Choice, a notoriously anti-Catholic front group. Worse, of the three co-producers of the video, one of them—ITVS—is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a public entity.

“So here we have the urbane bigots in the foundation world, and a taxpayer-funded organization, underwriting anti-Catholicism. We will ask Link TV to pull the video. We hope we don’t have to do more.”

Contact Link TV media head, Julia Pacetti: jpacetti@linktv.org. We’ll contact the others involved. To see the video, click here.

Copyright © 1997-2009 by Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
*Material from this website may be reprinted and disseminated with accompanying attribution.
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Therese, thank you for the info.I’ve emailed Julia Pacetti.
 
Here is what Link TV has to say about the controversy:
We have received numerous comments on this video following a campaign by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Until we can properly assess the concerns raised here and contact the filmmaker in Chile, we have removed the video from this website. Contrary to the statements made by those who launched the campaign, Link TV does not receive government funding.
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linktv.org/video/2746
 
I just sent this and would encourage any Catholic to do the same:

Dear Ms.Pacetti:

I am a Roman Catholic who has encouraged people to support LinkTV in the past. I shall do so no more.

This despicable video, “Divine Food”, had no business airing on your station. None whatsoever.

I’m referring to this:

linktv.org/video/2746

As for an explanation, or an apology, do you really think this is good enough?

“We have received numerous comments on this video following a campaign by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Until we can properly assess the concerns raised here and contact the filmmaker in Chile, we have removed the video from this website. Contrary to the statements made by those who launched the campaign, Link TV does not receive government funding.”

Look at your choice of language. You can properly assess the concerns raised here when you assess how many offended Catholics are tuning out of LinkTV. What next? Are you going to properly assess concerns about movies that mock Mohammed?

John 6:53. Read it.
 
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