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| The Catholic Church - Fame At Last!; Church often in the media | |
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| Topic Started: Tuesday, 3. October 2006, 22:58 (310 Views) | |
| Rose of York | Tuesday, 3. October 2006, 22:58 Post #1 |
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The church is getting a new image. A couple of years ago Catholics were known for being the anti birth control club whose members worshipped "The Virgin" as some call Our Lady, "going to church because they are forced to", going to the pub straight after church (what is the harm in that?) Look what has happened: Pope John Paul's final weeks on this earth, and his funeral attracted much media attention. The media told the world about the background and personality of Pope Benedict XVI. The Papal inauguration was televised. Our Pope was called a Nazi, due to having been forced into the Hitler Youth. Pope Benedict delivered "the lecture. Radical muslims threatened the life of the Pope. Non Catholics on discussion groups discussed the lecture. Apparently today's plane hijacker was protesting against The Pope. Panorama have given publicity to scandals of the past. The non Catholic people have got the message - the Catholic Church is not "Ireland's mission to the United Kingdom (and possibly USA?" We are big. We are significant. The Pope is a Very Important Person. How can we capitalise on our fame? |
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| Derekap | Wednesday, 4. October 2006, 11:58 Post #2 |
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I am thinking hard. We could of course supply the media with news of positive activity in our parishes, dioceses and countrywide. Not just sit back and hope a reporter stumbles across the items. I'm still thinking! |
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| Eve | Sunday, 31. December 2006, 14:55 Post #3 |
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Would any members like to comment on the coverage the Church, and other denominations, and non Christian faiths, got in 2006? |
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| nelly k | Sunday, 31. December 2006, 18:09 Post #4 |
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I was surprised at the response to the Popes Lecture, you know "that one" my concearn was that this was being used by the Secular Society primarily to have a dig at Moslems and rather than get there own hands dirty or any backlash could be directed at the Pope and the Catholic Church, all in all I dont think that happend , I think secularist or ordinary non denominationals were some what pleased with our Popes lecture, He also stood his ground and just carried on , when would such a heavy hard to follow Lecture ever got into the Press/Media Our Cardinal in Scotland has been in the Press quite a bit up here in Scotland, so far I would say not doing to bad, given the long standing sectarian issues in Scotland. Gerry`s point about saying you are a Catholic , a couple of problems,one there is sectarianism in Scotland and elswhere, I do tend to maon about this too much, but like Derek pointed out there then is this daft idea that we make no mistakes ie not human with human failings, and when we fail there is great delight in saying that all Catholics /Christians are like that, but I think you are right we should make it clear at the outset what forms our thinking... but that is a lot of pressure. nelly |
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| Karin | Sunday, 31. December 2006, 23:10 Post #5 |
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I think as I look back on 2006, the media is FINALLY taking stock of what's been going on in the Church and of course, we have the hysteria over Holy Father's comments about Islam, which were taken way out of proportion. But then I look at the coverage of all the other denominations and I think, well, it's all more balanced than in previous years. I think there has been more flack over the Anglican Church division than anything else, especially with the Episcopalians electing a woman primate. I forsee lots of activity for the media to scramble in 2007! |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 31. December 2006, 23:32 Post #6 |
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Cardinal Murphy O'Connor is becoming quite a familiar face on TV news. Can Jaray and Derek please enlighten me, does my memory serve me correctly when I say we were all very surprised when John Carmel Heenan was seen on TV when he was Bishop of Leeds? In those days (fifties) many people did not think of Catholics as part of mainstream society. I think the first televised Mass was from Leeds Cathedral, round about 1955, the Requiem for Lieutenant Moorhouse, a National Service officer murdered by terrorists in Egypt. |
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| Derekap | Monday, 1. January 2007, 12:28 Post #7 |
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I seem to remember that when Fr Heenan became Bishop of Leeds he did increase the PR element of the Church. (He certainly did within the Diocese!) During the Coronation of our present Queen parts of the service were considered sensitively Holy and therefore not televised. Midnight Mass was sometimes televised from abroad but when the first televised Mass in the UK was broadcast from I think, St Anne's Cathedral Leeds (A Midnight Mass [?]) the CofE seemed to forget their sensitivity. Bishop Heenan went on to become Archbishop of Liverpool then Westminster and was appointed a Cardinal. There were of course one or two predcessors of Cardinal Heenan as Archbishop of Westminster who also put the Catholic Church on the map. Cardinal Newman was one and another, whose name escapes me for the moment, did historic good work among the poor in the East End of London. |
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| PJD | Monday, 1. January 2007, 16:38 Post #8 |
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I found all the comments most interesting and very applicable to this topic. Certainly Catholicism has become high profile, not only within the media, but wafting about so to speak in the street. The only comment I can think of, of my own, relates to ‘fear’. The public are naturally fearful of all these terrorists etc. and I don’t think they trust the Government and certainly not the EU. Indeed many may indeed be becoming very fearful of Governments; especially this one. As a result of Vatican activities, and disastrous legislation proposed here which prompted our Bishops to ‘up their game’, Catholicism is no longer seen as such a threat [or non-entity] are before. In fact what the Catholic Church says may be regarded by the man in the street as pertinent to his or her protection (subconsciously I mean). It is too late for Blair to backtrack now; elections will have to be held at some time or another. And in the meantime I can only see Catholicism as advancing - it may become more “mucky” - but if so, so be it [the media like muck]. Rose is right - the Church is getting a new image. How can we capitalise? - proceed as we have been doing, on even keel, onward Christian soldiers as the Salvation Army play in the high street. The Lord demands it! PJD. |
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| Rose of York | Friday, 21. December 2012, 00:24 Post #9 |
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More progress. http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=16592
http://visnews-en.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-pope-in-financial-times-christmas.html
I do believe the message is getting through, that the Pope is THE world wide leader of Christendom. |
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