"My first piece of advice regarding the lengthy, provocative interview with Pope Francis published today in America magazine is this: skip the mainstream media accounts (and interest-group press releases) that are already spinning the pope’s words like mad and are only going to increase in number and intensity in the coming days. "My second piece of advice is: read the whole thing. Yes, it is some 12,000 words long. But the Holy Father’s words are already being widely misrepresented, and you’ll want to read them in full, in context yourself. More importantly, though, several of the interview’s most challenging and insightful passages aren’t especially headline-grabbing, and those parts are going to be ignored in much of the media coverage. Read it yourself! "My third piece of advice is: read it again. The Holy Father’s interview is quite wide-ranging, covering quite a few subjects, and there is a lot of thought-provoking material here that is worthy of reflection, even prayer, in some cases." Catherine Harmon writes in Catholic World Report.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:20:16 +0000
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