Pope Francis segment on 60 Minutes

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Did anyone see it tonight (4/13/14) with Scott Pelley.

Curious what other folks’ takes are on it.
 
I missed it.by the time i remember it,it was late already.the link needs to buy app from cbs,so couldnt watch it.
 
Thanks for the link. I found it interesting. Given that it is the secular press, I was not surprised that positivity was grounded in negativity e.g. Pope Francis cleaning up things and his personal charisma (on the latter, it seems that the Pope is aware of the danger of people wrongly focusing on him when they should be focusing on Jesus). Whilst Pope Francis is taking a fresh look at things, much of his work is building on the foundations provided by previous Popes, which Pope Francis acknowledges but the media seems to ignore. Overall, I would say it was reasonable, less biased than other stories but still unable to show the true universality of the Church.
 
I watched it and was quite impressed as was my husband, a non-Catholic. There were two definite point made regarding our teachings, it was emphasized that there would not be any female priests and that there would be no discussion regarding abortion, all life is sacred. However, the cardinal from Canada did come across as sounding like there might be some other things up for discussion and change. Hard to know exactly what he was trying to say but it certainly sounded to me like he thought that the Church might be behind the times a little. Right now some of what I heard confused me but the stories about the Pope were wonderful.
 
DaddyGirl said:
Why would the pope “cleaning up things” be considered a negative.
It is exactly what he’s doing, and what he’s been asked to do.

Not sure why you consider the show “secular”–which means, “without God”:

Anchor Scott Pelley, the reporter on the story, is Methodist.
Anchor Lesley Stahl attended the evangelical Christian college in Wheaton, where “bible is out middle name…”
Anchor Bob Simon is Jewish.
Anchor Morley Safer is Jewish.
Anchor Anderson Cooper is Catholic.
The show’s creator, Don Hewitt, is Jewish.

Not a secularist in the bunch.

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Personal faith is not the same thing as reporting style or bias. Whatever they believe personally, their reporting style and bias is what viewers actually consume.
 
DaddyGirl said:
Why would the pope “cleaning up things” be considered a negative.
It is exactly what he’s doing, and what he’s been asked to do.
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Because it implies that the previous Pontiffs were incapable of handling matters themselves, rather than discussing how Pope Francis is continuing the work set out by Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

It’s like the current administration blaming financial woes on the Bush administration. The truth is that it is an ongoing mission, and attachment of ‘causes’ to specific Popes nears being an injustice to the entire Papacy.

Also, who asked Pope Francis to do those ‘things’? What are those ‘things’? And was that part of the job interview?
 
DaddyGirl said:
Why would the pope “cleaning up things” be considered a negative.
It is exactly what he’s doing, and what he’s been asked to do.

Not sure why you consider the show “secular”–which means, “without God”:

Anchor Scott Pelley, the reporter on the story, is Methodist.
Anchor Lesley Stahl attended the evangelical Christian college in Wheaton, where “bible is out middle name…”
Anchor Bob Simon is Jewish.
Anchor Morley Safer is Jewish.
Anchor Anderson Cooper is Catholic.
The show’s creator, Don Hewitt, is Jewish.

Not a secularist in the bunch.

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Mumbles 140 and Havard kindly answered most of the points for me, much better than I could. Simply from my perspective, the contents, emphasis and subjects aligned to the general secular reporting, which may be all they had time for on the program.

I am unable to agree, solely based on the above information that none of the people above are secular. Plenty of people claim to belong to a faith but do not believe, support or follow. Lesley Stahl may have attended an evangelical college, but her public lifestyle seems at odds with the teachings of the Bible (including the Bible used by my evangelical brother) and more in line with secularism. Just my view.
 
Mumbles140 said:
Because it implies that the previous Pontiffs were incapable of handling matters themselves, rather than discussing how Pope Francis is continuing the work set out by Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
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Wait. So the suggestion that there was wrongdoing occurring within the Church is evidence of a bias against the Church? I just figured that was… reality.

Things really did happen in the past that are regrettable. Bad things. And bad things will continue to happen within the Church just as they happen outside of it. I don’t think admitting that is a negative. As the old cliche goes, the first step is admitting you have a problem.
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
Wait. So the suggestion that there was wrongdoing occurring within the Church is evidence of a bias against the Church? I just figured that was… reality.

Things really did happen in the past that are regrettable. Bad things. And bad things will continue to happen within the Church just as they happen outside of it. I don’t think admitting that is a negative. As the old cliche goes, the first step is admitting you have a problem.
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Huh? I’m confused, how did you get
So the suggestion that there was wrongdoing occurring within the Church is evidence of a bias against the Church?
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from the message that you quoted?
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
Wait. So the suggestion that there was wrongdoing occurring within the Church is evidence of a bias against the Church? I just figured that was… reality.

Things really did happen in the past that are regrettable. Bad things. And bad things will continue to happen within the Church just as they happen outside of it. I don’t think admitting that is a negative. As the old cliche goes, the first step is admitting you have a problem.
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I hope I did not imply that the human aspect of the Church was perfect. I was speaking about the tone implied that the prior Popes were leading the Church into despair, while Pope Francis is the knight in shining armor who will come and rescue Her.

In the world embracing Pope Francis (which is an awesome thing), it is not uncommon for the media to create a division between him and his predecessors, as if the preceding Popes were responsible for all of the problems and none of the solutions, and I find this to be an injustice.
 
Mumbles140 said:
I hope I did not imply that the human aspect of the Church was perfect. I was speaking about the tone implied that the prior Popes were leading the Church into despair, while Pope Francis is the knight in shining armor who will come and rescue Her.

In the world embracing Pope Francis (which is an awesome thing), it is not uncommon for the media to create a division between him and his predecessors, as if the preceding Popes were responsible for all of the problems and none of the solutions, and I find this to be an injustice.
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