You don’t dialogue with the devil. But if you’re the pope, you might choose to call out the devil’s work.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Bishop McElroy: EWTN must decide if it wants to be ‘with Peter and under Peter’
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.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
I love Pope Francis. But his criticism of EWTN disturbs me as a journalist.
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.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Explainer: The story behind Pope Francis’ beef with EWTN
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”?
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The Problem with Mother Angelica and EWTN (from 1995)
From 1995: Mother Angelica, devout and well-intentioned as she may be, has some big problems.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
“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.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Fired EWTN host Gloria Purvis: ‘I will never, ever, ever have regrets’ for talking about racial injustice
Gloria Purvis, whose radio show “Morning Glory” was canceled on Dec. 30, said she has no regrets about using the show to discuss racial matters following the police killing of George Floyd.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Pope Francis’ critics are dividing the church and families—including mine.
Every conversation my mother and I had about religion drifted into an argument about Pope Francis. Being unable to talk about God with the person who gave me my faith as she lay dying was agonizing.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
In an interview with EWTN, Trump hails ‘tremendous letter of support from the Catholic Church’
Few questions dealt directly with Catholicism, but host Raymond Arroyo did ask the president about a letter written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Mother Angelica: a life of poverty, pain and beating the odds
The history of U.S. Catholicism will need to include a chapter on Mother Angelica.