Reading Comprehension Test

Amy Welborn has read the whole Seewald book, because she got an early copy for reviewing it. However, she and others who have the book in hand were/are under an embargo not to talk about it until the book comes out. So was L’Osservatore Romano, btw. (And thus LOR completes its transformation into a tabloid newspaper.)

Amy’s first post on the kerfuffle, which includes links. Her second post, which complains about the embargo breakage.

Janet Smith: It’s about conversion, not condoms!

Jimmy Akin: “….L’Osservatore Romano omits material in which Benedict clarified his statement on condoms in a follow-up question.”

I could find a lot more, but it’s probably more efficient for people to find a roundup post.

The moral of the story: Don’t believe the junk the mainstream media puts out about churches right before Christmas and Easter. Every year, a huge amount of misrepresentation goes on, and it almost always turns out to be nothing with whipped nothing and a Maraschino nothing on top.

Second, if they interview a cardinal or a “Vatican insider” for an article, and he starts talking excitedly about how this means the Catholic Church is finally changing after 2000 years, he’s a crank with a pet theory. The reporter is just using him to get a dramatic quote, or the cardinal is running around trolling reporters in order to push his pet theory.