CATHOLIC BLOGSITES vs CATHOLIC HATESITES

There are upward of 30 million bloggers on the Internet these days.

I am one of them.

In my observation and commentary regarding contemporary Catholicism, I try to present a balanced, unbiased viewpoint, all the while attempting to fulfill my promise of obedience and respect toward those whom the Church has placed in positions of authority and leadership.

This is not to say that I have been un-critical of Church leadership or practice.

But, I hope the readers will agree that my critiques are justified by the facts of history or the facts of the moment.  I trust they find my commentary to be fair and balanced.

There are, however, bloggers who are the technological equivalent of town gossips, spreading rumors and innuendos, distrust and hatred wherever they can and over whatever issue they can concoct.

Why are these so-called "Catholic" bloggers so negative? 

Why would anyone listen to them?

There was a time when opinions were difficult to be published.  In fact, it still is hard to be published by reputable outlets. 

But reputable outlets are being pushed off both stage and screen by self-publishing individuals with more time than education and knowledge.

These so-called self-appointed defenders of the faith spew their unedited musings without benefit of fact. They create facts from their own opinion and gain followers through their negativity. 

 And they repeatedly attack the Holy Father.

In the world of contemporary Catholicism, the official Church seems quite out of touch.

The fact is Priests need “faculties” to preach or teach the faithful.  These “faculties” are a way of assuring the faithful that a given Priest speaks with the permission of and in the name of the Church itself.  Faculties are territorial in that they are given by local Bishops to Priests within their own dioceses.

Bloggers, on the other hand, have no such faculties.  Their territories are unlimited, extending to the furthest end of the Internet itself.

The Bishops need to speak to the faithful about this situation.  

Followers of so-called Catholic blogsites need to be mindful that bloggers speak for no one other than themselves and oftentimes with little factual knowledge to support the opinions which they seek to impose upon their readers.

As a committed blogger, I just thought I’d set the record a bit straighter in this regard.