{"id":22607,"date":"2010-10-26T10:58:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=22607"},"modified":"2017-03-09T22:07:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:07:56","slug":"catholic-blogs-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2010\/10\/26\/catholic-blogs-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Blogs & Charity – UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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My Tuesday Column is up<\/a>; today I pick up on the discussions begun yesterday, at Deacon\u2019s Bench<\/a>, America<\/a> Magazine, Inside Catholic<\/a> and elsewhere<\/a> over Rachel Zoll\u2019s AP piece on the \u201cpurge\u201d mentality<\/a> exhibited on some (in my view extreme) Catholic blogs.<\/p>\n

Having blogged about religion and politics for nearly 6 years, I acknowledge that one can occasionally \u201cwrite mad\u201d and deliver a bit more zing than one has meant to, although I personally have never gone after other bloggers pronouncing who should \u201cstay\u201d and who should \u201cgo,\u201d which is what the gist of my piece is about. Determining the state of someone else\u2019s soul is none of my business, and I\u2019m not interested in going there.<\/p>\n

Yes, there are extreme Catholic bloggers, \u201cprogressive\u201d and \u201cconservative,\u201d who tread recklessly upon their fellow Catholics, and whose motto should read ego usus a blog quod ego sum fortis utor is.<\/em> Yes, there are a handful of extreme Catholic bloggers to whom Jesus might say, \u201cBut go and learn what this means: \u2018I desire mercy. . .\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And, because they are extreme<\/em> types, they will each assume that that line is meant for the \u201cothers\u201d\u2014the ones against whom they burnish the swords of righteousness; the ones they lampoon, often, unto snotty incoherence.<\/p>\n

In fact, the line is meant for every one of us writing in the Catholic blogosphere, for no one manages perfect charity all the time. I am too cognizant of my own failings to believe I have any business drumming anyone else out of the church and I would venture that most Catholic bloggers, either \u201cprogressive\u201d or \u201cconservative,\u201d feel similarly.<\/p>\n

We add to the broken body of Christ when we try to judge who is the \u201cbetter sort\u201d of Catholic, or who is doing damage to that body. We all do impressive jobs of bringing \u201cscandal\u201d to the church by our very passionate need to see things \u201cmade right\u201d (as we see it) and by the ways in which we indict each other\u2019s imperfections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve never called anyone a \u201cheretic\u201d and I don\u2019t like seeing others do it. I don\u2019t like seeing people referred to as \u201cTaliban Catholics\u201d either. It seems to me there is a basic measure of human respect we Catholic bloggers should be able to manage between ourselves, for the sake of heaven. And yes, I accuse myself, first.<\/p>\n

My clumsy thoughts are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE I:<\/strong>
\nNow <\/strong>THIS<\/a> is anti-Catholicism at its best! Or, given the update, just a really dumb ad. Then again, it was dumb before, too.<\/p>\n

Lisa Graas notes that<\/strong> people still believe what they read in the newspapers<\/a>, and she has a good roundup of Catholic sites.<\/p>\n

Insight Scoop<\/strong> has more thoughts on the AP piece<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE II:<\/strong>
\nOn a somewhat related note:<\/strong> Danielle Bean, writing over that the WaPo (I do believe she is the hardest-working mom-blogger on the \u2018net) looks at \u201csanity\u201d and faith<\/a>. I frankly don\u2019t understand how someone can look at the Catholic church\u2019s commitment to knowledge in her universities, her commitment to science (Vatican observatory began in the early 20th century) and suggest that faith and reason are mutually exclusive.
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\nThe other side of that: Kathryn Jean Lopez<\/strong> with a fine piece on the faith of Stephen Colbert<\/a>, which you\u2019ll really want to read.<\/p>\n

Chilean Miners:<\/strong> The \u201cCatholic faith was everywhere\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

More:<\/strong> On Being the Adult in the Room<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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