News Coverage in the Whirlwind, or Theater of the Absurd? by Dr. Jeff Mirus 

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, May 24, 2024

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.

The range of news stories we cover is really quite remarkable. There are nearly always stories in all three Catholic news categories: Perhaps we should call them the good, the bad and the ugly. I’ll illustrate what I mean by selecting a few stories from the past three days.

First, the good:

I was very pleased to see Cardinal Fernández attempt to mend fences with the Coptic Orthodox Church, which suspended theological dialogue with the Catholic Church over the Vatican approval of blessings for same-sex couples in Fiducia supplicans. Cardinal Fernández, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, emphasized that “the Catholic Church shares the teachings” of the Coptic Orthodox Church in rejecting “what is called sexual perversion in its general and comprehensive understanding, and all types of sexual practices outside the sacred framework of marriage”. He also stated that the Catholic Church “has a positive view” of the Coptic pastoral approach, which emphasizes the importance of “warfares of thought, sight, and attractions” in resisting homosexual temptations, as with all temptations to sexual activity outside of marriage. This was an important clarification by Cardinal Fernéndez, given the steadfast omission of any moral judgment on homosexual activity in Fiducia supplicans. …

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