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Pope Francis raises the monstrance during eucharistic adoration at the end of Mass in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, May 5, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithShort Take
Pope Francis was right to call out the attacks from EWTN. You don’t dialogue with the devil.
Austen Ivereigh
You don’t dialogue with the devil. But if you’re the pope, you might choose to call out the devil’s work.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Bishop McElroy: EWTN must decide if it wants to be ‘with Peter and under Peter’
Gerard O’Connell
Part II of an exclusive interview with Bishop Robert McElroy on immigration, the upcoming synod and why the U.S. bishops have not defended the pope against attacks from EWTN.
FaithShort Take
I love Pope Francis. But his criticism of EWTN disturbs me as a journalist.
J.D. Long García
While criticism can go too far, veering into open partisanship and misinformation, calling criticism of the church “the work of the devil” is not an avenue for dialogue.
FaithNews Analysis
Explainer: The story behind Pope Francis’ beef with EWTN
Colleen Dulle
How did a Catholic TV station known for its prayer programs get involved in broadcasting attacks on the pope that he felt compelled to publicly denounce as “the work of the devil”?
Attendees examine a poster of Mother Angelica.
FaithVantage Point
The Problem with Mother Angelica and EWTN (from 1995)
James Martin, S.J.
From 1995: Mother Angelica, devout and well-inten­tioned as she may be, has some big problems.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
Gerard O’Connell
“I personally deserve attacks and insults because I am a sinner, but the church does not deserve them. They are the work of the devil,” the pope said to the Jesuits of Slovakia on his recent trip.
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