AP story sees tensions between Pope, US bishops
September 25, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: “Ideological rifts among US bishops are in the spotlight ahead of momentous Vatican meeting,” reads the headlines on an AP story that offers a neatly prepackaged ideological view of the upcoming Synod on Synodality.
The AP view sketches a negative portrait of the more conservative American prelates elected by their colleagues as Synod delegates. To gauge the accuracy of the story, just check the caption on the photo atop the piece:
“Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass in an empty sanctuary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.”
The photo does not show the sanctuary; it shows the pulpit—which is not empty, since Archbishop Broglio is in it. (And how many people do you expect too see in a pulpit?) But don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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