San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy sharply criticized the Eternal Word Television Network, the conservative Catholic U.S. media conglomerate, in an interview with Spanish magazine Vida Nueva published on March 24.
Newly published remarks from Pope Francis' meeting with Slovakian Jesuits include mention of a "large Catholic television channel" that is critical of him. The pope also spoke his more welcoming approach to marriage and family life, his recovery from his recent surgery and traditionalist priests.
Distinctly Catholic: My fear is not that the eventual document will adopt this lousy EWTN theology hook, line and sinker. But if the bishops give so much as an inch to the zealots, the harm to the church will continue.
Distinctly Catholic: With the conservative media acting like the Ladaria letter doesn't say what it said, the U.S. bishops' conference finds itself once again in an awkward situation when it comes to credibility, autonomy and unity.
Distinctly Catholic: Rush Limbaugh, more than anyone, coarsened American political discourse, paved the way for the rise of conservative populism, and threw gasoline on the flames of the culture wars for 40 years.
Just Catholic: There are so-called Catholic blogs, internet sites, even broadcast networks still spreading falsehoods about the results of the recent presidential election. They did their best to foment the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
We say: Among those with some culpability for yesterday's failed insurrection are more than a few leaders in our church. Catholic apologists for President Trump have blood on their hands.
Distinctly Catholic: 2020 taught us we never know what unforeseen events will enlighten or becloud all else. We can discern major themes that will shape 2021, but just before the year's end, a new one emerges.
Gloria Purvis, who was told after the Dec. 30 broadcast of the EWTN radio show "Morning Glory" that the show was canceled effective immediately, said she has no regrets about using the show to discuss racial matters following the police killing of George Floyd last May.