Friday, May 27, 2005

Archbishop tells editors where to put dissenting views

From Cathnews

Archbishop Foley has made it official: as far as Catholic media is concerned, the cafeteria is closed!

In a speech given in Florida to Catholic media personnel, Archbishop Foley paid tribute to Fr Reese, but said he agrees with a recent editorial in the US Our Sunday Visitor Catholic Newspaper and an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal that a priest-editor, who in some way is expected to represent the magisterium of the Church, "cannot appear to give equal weight in a publication sponsored by a religious community to articles which present the teaching of the Church and articles which dissent from it."

No one expects any other institution to give equal treatment of views antithetical to the institution. Why is the Catholic Church required to do so in order to be considered intellectually open and honest?