Check out this bogus tale that John Manly told in a radio interview on KABC, July 17, 2007, during the 7 a.m. hour. Manly was claiming that the Catholic Church has retaliated against priests who spoke out during the abuse scandals. The … [Read more...]
John Manly Wrong on Catholicism
July 27, 2007 By
On the four o'clock hour of the John & Ken Show on KFI on July 16, 2007, attorney John Manly said the following: "In Catholicism what we were all taught as kids, at the moment of consecration, when the priest holds up the … [Read more...]
Any Way To Make Catholics Look Bad: LA Times Claims Latin Mass ‘Leaving Some Polarized’
July 8, 2007 By
The old-style "Latin Mass" (the "Tridentine Rite") of the Catholic Church was never banned, but it required the permission of a local bishop to be performed. But in a recent announcement, Pope Benedict XVI has … [Read more...]
LA Times Ignores Actor’s Anti-Catholic Remarks; Publishes Priest Crime In Chicago
July 3, 2007 By
The Los Angeles Times has slammed Robin Williams' new film, License To Wed, in a review in today's paper (Wed. 7/3/07). However, the review made no mention of Williams' offensive and bigoted anti-Catholic remarks on The Tonight … [Read more...]
Only in the LA Times: Infamous Anti-Catholic Touted As a ‘Devout Catholic’
June 23, 2007 By
What do you call a guy who leaves the priesthood, rejects fundamental doctrine of the Catholic Church, and propagates egregious falsehoods about Catholics? If you're the Los Angeles Times, you call him a "Devout Catholic" - in … [Read more...]
LA Times Admits To False Reporting On Cardinal Mahony
June 13, 2007 By
Check out the very first line from this June 7, 2007, article in the Los Angeles Times (emphasis mine): A judge Wednesday ordered Cardinal Roger M. Mahony to testify in a lawsuit alleging that he failed to protect parishioners from a … [Read more...]
LA Times Swoons For Producer of Anti-Catholic Films
April 18, 2007 By
"For Hollywood's sake, he needs to return." "I miss Harvey Weinstein." "[T]he movies he made were full of class." So says Patrick Goldstein in an April 17, 2007, article in the Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Retaliation? After Diocese Criticizes Its Coverage, LA Times Slams Cardinal Mahony
April 16, 2007 By
Two weeks ago, we reported (in this NB post) that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles publicly objected to coverage of the priest abuse scandal by the Los Angeles Times. Two articles by the Times in the second half of March contained false … [Read more...]
LA Times Slammed For Two Faulty Articles, ‘Insulting To All Catholics’
April 1, 2007 By
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is publicly voicing its strong objections to two recent columns in the Los Angeles Times regarding the priest abuse scandal. Both articles contained egregious falsehoods, according to the Archdiocese. 1. A … [Read more...]
Time Magazine’s ‘Pilfering Priests’ is a Make-Believe ‘Crisis’
February 28, 2007 By
First, take a look at the appalling illustration that accompanies the article in Time magazine this week (February 26, 2007, page 46). In the darkest of colors and tones, a sinister-looking, pasty-faced priest is pictured. As his empty, … [Read more...]
