Not That This Is News, But the Press Just Does Nae Get IT!

While FoxNews is often good at getting things right, even they missed it today. On their 1 minute radio newscast this is what they had to say about Papa Benedetto's Urbi et Orbi message, that the Pope denounced selfishness, injustice, hatred and violence in his Easter Message. Nothing else, just that. Their website article does is a little better. It still misses the whole point of the message. That not only does Il Papa decry these problems, but that he offers the solution to them, Jesus. "Jesus Christ died and rose for all; he is our hope -- true hope for every human being." "In his glorious wounds we recognize the indestructible signs of the infinite mercy of the God of whom the prophet says: it is he who heals the wounds of broken hearts, who defends the weak and proclaims the freedom of slaves, who consoles all the afflicted and bestows upon them the oil of gladness instead of a mourning robe, a song of praise instead of a sorrowful heart (cf. Is 61:1,2,3). If with humble trust we draw near to him, we encounter in his gaze the response to the deepest longings of our heart: to know God and to establish with him a living relationship in an authentic communion of love, which can fill our lives, our interpersonal and social relations with that same love. For this reason, humanity needs Christ: in him, our hope, "we have been saved" (cf. Rom 8:24)." (Emphasis mine)

I don't think that USA Today realizes how much it exactly hit things on the nail, not about the average Catholic who truly practices his or her faith, but about the liberal MSM, the Press in general & all those cafeteria Catholics who aren't really Catholic. On their website USA Today has an article with this title: Benedict still a mystery after 3 years as pope. Yes, to a lot of people he is a mystery. Many prejudged him based on the unfounded attacks by the Main Stream & liberal Catholic Media over the past 2-1/2 decades. & they are seeing that he isn't using the tactics they expected. They don't see that he does have (to quote Fr. Z) a "Marshall Plan" & that he is quitly implimenting it 1 step at a time in a way that is usually sneaking under the radar of those who don't want the changes he is bringing about.

Papa Benedetto is, as I have said so many times before, doing what he should, living out his call as Chief Shepherd of the flock. He is teaching by word & dead. & he is leading the Church to where Christ wants it to be. He can't just snap his fingers & change everything instantly. & he knows there will always be problems to deal with. But, that won't stop him from doing all he can to see to it that he steers the Ship of St. Peter, as he should, where it should be going. (See St. John Bosco's Dream of the 2 Pillars for more on this.)