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By Kate Quiñones, Staff Writer, Catholic News Agency, Oct. 11, 2024
Kate Quiñones is a staff writer for Catholic News Agency and a fellow of the College Fix. She has been published by the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Catholic Register, and CatholicVote, and she graduated from Hillsdale College. She lives in Colorado with her husband.
CNA Staff, Oct 11, 2024 / 19:40 pm – Michigan’s Catholic bishops on Friday condemned a video sketch of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a journalist for what some have called a “mocking” of the Eucharist.
The video, posted on Thursday and which quickly went viral, shows Whitmer feeding the journalist a Dorito chip.
The skit took place during “Chip Chat,” a session with Liz Plank, a Canadian author, journalist, and influencer with 610,000 followers on her Instagram page “feministabulous.”
The video has garnered criticism because Plank’s kneeling posture and the placement of the Dorito on the tongue appeared to mock reception of holy Communion to many viewers. …
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