NY Times: This Is What the Back of the Pope’s Head Looks Like

This past week, Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to his homeland, Germany. The pontiff celebrated Mass in front of tens of thousands of followers and addressed the German parliament. What did the Pope actually say to these … [Read more...]

NYT Trumpets Female Catholic ‘Priests’ For Second Week In a Row; HuffPo Fumbles

For the second week in a row, the New York Times has embraced the mission of trumpeting the fruitless cause of female "priests" in the Catholic Church. What gives? As faulty as Laurie Goodstein's article was last week, the … [Read more...]

While Trumpeting ‘Female Priests,’ NYT’s Goodstein Commits More Faulty Reporting on Catholic Church

When reporting stories concerning the Catholic Church, the New York Times' Laurie Goodstein has had a very troublesome track record with the facts. (For starters: 1, 2.) Unfortunately, Goodstein's record only gets worse after … [Read more...]

Politically Incorrect Maureen Dowd?: Homosexuality a Cause of Child Sex Abuse

The New York Times' Maureen Dowd's most recent anti-Catholic hit piece (Sun., 5/19/11) contains a number of falsehoods. However, her article's biggest eye-opener is her apparent claim that homosexuality is a direct cause of … [Read more...]

NY Times Issues Another Slanted Attack Against Catholic Church

An analysis of the New York Times' response (a May 19, 2011 editorial) to the Vatican's recent clergy abuse guidelines reveals yet another ill-informed and skewed attack on the Catholic Church. 1. The Times writes that bishops once … [Read more...]

More Anti-Catholic Falsehoods From NY Times’ Dowd

Can the New York Times' Maureen Dowd address the topic of the Catholic Church without promulgating falsehoods? It doesn't seem like it. Dowd's recent rant, released on Easter Sunday (Sun. 4/24/11), contains a number of false … [Read more...]

SNAP Endangered Children: Rather Than Acting to Remove a Molester That Was Still in Ministry, It Went to the New York Times

In a clear violation of its own stated beliefs, the advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) did not immediately notify law or church authorities when it received information that an admitted molester was still … [Read more...]

SNAP Misleads Public Regarding False Accusations, Refuses to Acknowledge Massive Fraud

SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) has again promoted a misleading, nine-year-old citation from the New York Times to assert that false accusations against Catholic priests are rare. In truth, SNAP's stale reference, … [Read more...]

Hit-and-Run: Media Slams Vatican With Bogus ‘Smoking Gun’ Story

Media outlets have uncritically trumpeted a story that claims a 1997 letter is a "smoking gun" that proves that Vatican officials warned Irish bishops not to report child abuse to civil authorities. In fact, as a cursory look at … [Read more...]

Media’s Double Standard Continues When Reporting Child Sex Abuse

Here are two stories from this past week: 1. "A [newly released] General Accountability Office (GAO) investigation has found that people with histories of sexual misconduct are still getting hired by school systems across the [United … [Read more...]