{"id":1135221,"date":"2021-12-20T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1135221"},"modified":"2021-12-20T19:20:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T00:20:05","slug":"boston-cardinal-omalley-slams-ewtn-for-criticizing-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-cardinal-omalley-slams-ewtn-for-criticizing-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Cardinal O\u2019Malley Slams EWTN for Criticizing Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-cardinal-omalley-slams-ewtn-for-criticizing-pope-francis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1135221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Boston Cardinal Sean O\u2019Malley had strong words for the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) this weekend for its criticisms of Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Argentinean journalist Elisabetta Piqu\u00e9 about conservative\/liberal polarization among the U.S. bishops, Cardinal O\u2019Malley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanacion.com.ar\/el-mundo\/el-papa-esta-muy-bien-pero-es-inevitable-que-haya-clima-de-conclave-nid17122021\/\">said<\/a> that \u201cthe episcopal conference is polarized, but it is difficult to put a percentage on the opposing sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere are also some bishops who are tied to a more conservative policy and the Holy Father himself has commented on the situation of EWTN, where many times the commentators are very critical of the Holy Father, at least of his ideas,\u201d the cardinal said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think the vast majority of Catholics are very much in favor. We have a young conservative clergy and sometimes they are very influenced by social media and that is a problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The cardinal was referring to comments Pope Francis made in September during his trip to Hungary and Slovakia, where he said that the network\u2019s \u201cattacks\u201d on him are \u201cthe work of the devil.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>There is \u201ca large Catholic television channel that has no hesitation in continually speaking ill of the pope,\u201d Francis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2021\/09\/21\/pope-francis-ewtn-critics-241472\">said<\/a> during a meeting with Jesuits in Bratislava.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19198794\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-948668970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19198794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-948668970-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pope Francis speaks as he gives audience to the Archbishop of Boston Cardinal Sean Patrick O\u2019Malley on April 19, 2018 at the Vatican. (STR\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI personally deserve attacks and insults because I am a sinner, but the Church does not deserve them. They are the work of the devil. I have also said this to some of them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2021\/09\/21\/pope-francis-ewtn-critics-241472\">report<\/a> on the meeting,&nbsp;<em>America<\/em>&nbsp;magazine, the Jesuit flagship journal in the U.S., said the pope was referring to EWTN when speaking of \u201ca large television channel\u201d that criticizes him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, there are also clerics who make nasty comments about me,\u201d the pope continued. \u201cI sometimes lose patience, especially when they make judgments without entering into a real dialogue. I can\u2019t do anything there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The EWTN Global Catholic Network was founded in 1981 by cloistered Franciscan nun Mother Angelica and is the largest religious network in the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/media\/fact-sheet.asp\">broadcasting<\/a> in multiple languages and reaching an audience in more than 145 countries.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Archbishop Charles Chaput slammed British papal biographer Austen Ivereigh for making \u201cugly and unjust\u201d comments about EWTN.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Writing in <em>First Things<\/em>, the archbishop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/10\/a-little-wisdom-from-bernard\">commented<\/a> on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2021\/10\/14\/pope-francis-ewtn-journalists-241624\">article<\/a> Ivereigh wrote for <em>America<\/em>, in which he described EWTN as a devil (<em>diabolos<\/em>) inciting \u201cschism\u201d in the Church.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last eight years, Ivereigh wrote, \u201ca powerful U.S.-based media conglomerate has used its formidable wealth and power to turn a large portion of the people of God against Rome and its current occupant. And for good measure, against key reforms of the Second Vatican Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19198746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-460377924.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19198746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-460377924-683x1024-1.jpg\" alt width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pope Francis greets Archbishop of Boston, Franciscan Cardinal Sean Patrick O\u2019Malley during an Eucharist celebration at the St. Peter\u2019s Basilica on December 12, 2014 in Vatican City. (Franco Origlia\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrightening stuff,\u201d Chaput commented, \u201cso where might this muscular wickedness spring from: Comcast? Facebook? George Soros\u2019s Open Society Foundations? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s spirit of schism \u201cis the work of those iniquitous devils at . . . EWTN,\u201d Chaput observed wryly. \u201cYes, that\u2019s the network founded by that arch-troublemaker and woman religious, Mother Angelica, and funded largely by tens of thousands of small donations from ordinary, faithful Catholic individuals and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop went on to say that the enormously successful network \u201chas managed to serve the gospel for decades now with skill and endurance where many others have failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, it\u2019s hard to read critics of the network without also sniffing their peculiar cologne of faux piety, jealousy, and resentment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd any suggestion that EWTN is unfaithful to the Church, the Second Vatican Council, or the Holy See is simply vindictive and false,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>In his essay, Chaput described Ivereigh as a sycophant, a flatterer, and a \u201ccourtier\u201d of Pope Francis, suggesting that the pope would be better served by less servile flattery and more honesty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIvereigh should, but likely won\u2019t, be embarrassed by his&nbsp;<em>America<\/em>&nbsp;article,\u201d Chaput wrote. \u201cThe role of courtier doesn\u2019t suit him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Boston Cardinal Sean O\u2019Malley had strong words for the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) this weekend for its criticisms of Pope Francis. 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