tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post3306728903440858978..comments2023-05-21T07:08:28.555-05:00Comments on Vatican Watcher: Uhhh, rightJacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-82421516422537323602006-12-02T17:22:00.000-06:002006-12-02T17:22:00.000-06:00Re: fjm madden
I don't claim that it's John Allen...Re: fjm madden<br /><br />I don't claim that it's John Allen's view. I merely point out the hypothesis that he is perpetuating the stereotype in order to have something to write about. After all, for all intents and purposes, he is 'the line'. He writes for NCR and he is CNN's chief Vatican analyst. Aside from him, who else out there is as well known to the general public?Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978875228528105026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-61361349331448787102006-12-02T16:04:00.000-06:002006-12-02T16:04:00.000-06:00Two points:
1 Your quote from Alledn includes the...Two points:<br /><br />1 Your quote from Alledn includes the sentence 'To date, the line on Benedict XVI'. The use of the phrase 'the line' does not in any way mean that it is Allen's view; rather that it is received wisdom. That is certainly the implication of the remainder of Allen's article.<br /><br />2 The comment made by 'anonymous' is facile and inaccurate. While in the past Allen was more critical of Benedict (when he was Cardinal Ratzinger), I feel that his analysis of the Pope has become more even-handed, more nuanced since April 2005. His reporting of the REgensburg debacle and the Turkey trip certainly suggest this.Lover of Futilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877073439147939412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12575278.post-37564795259104751782006-12-01T14:26:00.000-06:002006-12-01T14:26:00.000-06:00John Allen is unable to divest himself of his year...John Allen is unable to divest himself of his years at National "Catholic" Reporter. I.e., it is his & his colleagues calling in life to judge the Holy Father. This bias usually comes thru in his reports. As Cardinal Newman once remarked, the sooner we realize that we're not the judge of the truth of the Church but rather its suppliants, the sooner we are in touch with reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com