Vatican Furious Over 'False' News Reports

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Luigi_Daniele said:
My deepest apologies. I did not realize that the thread title was a quote of the article title. What a dolt. :o
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Nonono - not a dolt at all. I do believe it’;s a rule in the “News” sections that the title has to be the title of the article or story. I think. Maybe I’m the dolt!
 
Julia_Mae said:
Nonono - not a dolt at all. I do believe it’;s a rule in the “News” sections that the title has to be the title of the article or story. I think. Maybe I’m the dolt!
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I use to think that but check the rules in the sticky threads at the top, paraphrasing, seems to be okay.
 
Perhaps the Vatican should seek out some public relations advice from the House of Windsor. That stiff upper lip while appearing above the fray response to outrageous headlines seems to keep their dignity intact…hey , hey , what , what?
 
i will continue to pray for Pope Benedict XVI and for the selection of the new Pope.

sad that in the last remaining days of office we have to read of further allegations of scandal.

i hope they are false reports. i do remember the Vatican denying last year the rumors that Pope Benedict XVI would resign this year also. so i hope that they are honest in calling the reports “false”.
 
What ever happen tp printing news, and the truth. The world press always thinks they should be able to pick the next Pope, like they picked the president.
 
7_Sorrows said:
i do remember the Vatican denying last year the rumors that Pope Benedict XVI would resign this year also. so i hope that they are honest in calling the reports “false”.
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Your skepticism does you ill. If somebody asked you earlier this year if the Pope was going to resign and you said no, would you condemn yourself as dishonest?

The Vatican was in the same situation. The Pope made this decision entirely privately and never told them that he planned to resign this year. As a result, they assumed - like the rest of us, mind - that the Holy Father would continue until his final breath, as has been done for the past 600 years, and conveyed that same impression to the world. That is precisely why his announcement took everyone by surprise, even the ones closest to him. There is no way the rest of the Vatican could have known either.

The rumours were also completely baseless, because whoever initiated them could not have possibly predicted Pope’s decision. These rumour-mongers had no prior knowledge, and it was merely fortunate for them and unfortunate for the Vatican that the Holy Father incidentally declared that he was resigning. A coincidence, nothing more.
 
i don’t think i was as shocked as others by his resignation, as i pretty much thought there could be truth in the rumors last year. if someone had asked me earlier this year if Pope Benedict was going to resign - my answer would not have been “no”. i would have said there was a possibility. i thought he might have resigned after Easter - in April or May.
 
“In an impromptu briefing this morning, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi responded again to the worldwide distribution of “unverified, unverifiable, or even false” news stories.”

All Fr, Lombardi has to do is to identify those that are unverified, and verify them. Some, apparently are “even false” but most he does not characterize that way.
 
Filii_Dei said:
Your skepticism does you ill. If somebody asked you earlier this year if the Pope was going to resign and you said no, would you condemn yourself as dishonest?

The Vatican was in the same situation. The Pope made this decision entirely privately and never told them that he planned to resign this year. As a result, **they assumed - like the rest of us, mind - that the Holy Father would continue until his final breath, as has been done for the past 600 years, and conveyed that same impression to the world. That is precisely why his announcement took everyone **by surprise, even the ones closest to him. There is **no way the rest of the Vatican could have known **either.

The rumours were also completely baseless, because whoever initiated them could not have possibly predicted Pope’s decision. These rumour-mongers had no prior knowledge, and it was merely fortunate for them and unfortunate for the Vatican that the Holy Father incidentally declared that he was resigning. A coincidence, nothing more.
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How do you know all that?

Rumors proliferate because they have a knack for coming true. When rumors stop coming true, rumors will decrease accordingly.

I am skeptical of coincidences, on many levels.
 
migueltojose said:
How do you know all that?

Rumors proliferate because they have a knack for coming true. When rumors stop coming true, rumors will decrease accordingly.

I am skeptical of coincidences, on many levels.
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thank you. i agree with you. 🙂
 
It’s the secular media what do you expect? Them to be friendly towards a institution that goes against their agenda they to push? Contraceptives,abortion,gay marriage, etc.
 
Here’s what Carlo De Benedetti, owner of la Repubblica said in 1993.

‘I was considered in my country to be a Communist because I said once that democracy wasn’t democracy unless you have a possibility of change. In my country the Communists had a third of the vote so people concluded change meant change to the Communists,’ he explains. ‘Also I am the biggest shareholder in La Repubblica, which in Italy was considered left-wing and pro-Communist. So I was considered to be against the regime.’

independent.co.uk/news/business/italys-maverick-faces-toughest-fight-despite-huge-problems-carlo-de-benedetti-is-calm-gail-counsell-writes-1499434.html
 
Lost_and_Found said:
Here’s what Carlo De Benedetti, owner of la Repubblica said in 1993.

‘I was considered in my country to be a Communist because I said once that democracy wasn’t democracy unless you have a possibility of change. In my country the Communists had a third of the vote so people concluded change meant change to the Communists,’ he explains. ‘Also I am the biggest shareholder in La Repubblica, which in Italy was considered left-wing and pro-Communist. So I was considered to be against the regime.’

independent.co.uk/news/business/italys-maverick-faces-toughest-fight-despite-huge-problems-carlo-de-benedetti-is-calm-gail-counsell-writes-1499434.html
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I don’t understand what this story about Carlo De Benedetti has to do with this topic or anything really. Can you help me understand?
 
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