E W T N - A Network Gone Wrong?

[prose]

The "dedication:

[quote]Pope Saint Pius X, the last canonized Pope, who defeated the
Modernists of his day. May the Church soon be blessed with
a Pope of equal greatness, who will rescue her from
the scourge of darkness that calls itself light..[/quote]

Grrrrrrrrrrr

[quote]Over the past forty years a growing number of Catholics have come to recognize what is manifest: that the post-conciliar crisis began with, and has resulted from, a host of previously unheard-of ecclesial innovations, imposed in the name of the Council, which have provoked confusion and disorder and led to a massive turning away from the Faith—an apostasy—in the Catholic Church.[/quote]

Excuse me?? An apostasy??? Should this link even be here if it is that anti-Catholic?

Edited November 27, 2007 by prose

[prose]

[quote]Words, however, have their objective meanings, and deeds their objective consequences. It is the duty of every Catholic to oppose words and deeds that undermine the Faith, give scandal, disturb the good order of the Church and endanger the welfare of souls—especially when those words and deeds are televised throughout the world to audiences of millions of Catholics and non-Catholics by a lay-run organization that has absolutely no authority in the Church, yet creates the impression that it represents the best of what the Church is.[/quote]

Maybe the author should look at the log in one's own eye.

[XIX]

I read two paragraphs in and figured it was probably from a rad trad source. Turns out I was right.

The assertions of "modernism," accusations that they are spreading the Church's errors, insinuations that the Church is riddled with errors to begin with, the whole "swallowing poison along with the truth" line, a yearning for the Church to "return" to traditionalism...

Those are usually pretty good indicators that the source is not in line with the Church.

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='dUSt' post='1425782' date='Nov 27 2007, 04:27 PM']My main complaint about EWTN is that it only has programming for senior citizens.[/quote]

I tend to agree. We need more Veggie Tales!

[Seven77]

[quote name='prose' post='1425839' date='Nov 27 2007, 06:59 PM']My main complaint is that most of the programming looks like it is filmed from the eighties and it bores me to tears.

Good sleep aid I guess.

I cancelled my subscription over a year ago.[/quote]

That's too bad. 80s? Boring?

[corban711]

while i do that EWTN is very orthodox and that source is no good...i also agree with many people on here that EWTN needs a serious make over if it wants to appeal to a different crowd. i think that certain young people like it...mostly people who already enjoy going to conferences to hear talks by people like Fr. Corapi. which is nice and all for them. i happen to enjoy those talks too. however, if it wants to reach other people, and DRAW more youth to the Church it needs some work. I don't really think that is its intent however...I really think they enjoy instructing the faithful and having solid guests on its programming. for doing that, it does a good job. but i don't really think they are trying to start any youth revolutions...

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='Lil Red' post='1425781' date='Nov 27 2007, 03:25 PM']I just stumbled upon this book: [url="http://www.networkgonewrong.org/about.htm"]http://www.networkgonewrong.org/about.htm[/url]

what do you all think?

from the website:[/quote]
Fascinating. I very much agree. EWTN has been such a powerful source of information for people and is often regarded as THE source for Catholic media, which is sad. I need to check this out. and to think I was reading Pascendi just last night...

Edited November 28, 2007 by goldenchild17

[missionseeker]

[quote name='Old_Joe' post='1425858' date='Nov 27 2007, 07:32 PM']I tend to agree. We need more Veggie Tales![/quote]
HAHA!! Yes!

I have three brothers under ten- I got the VeggieTales for Christmas... LOL.

[Socrates]

Mr. Ferrara is indeed a "rad-trad" extremist, who has essentially called all the post-Vatican II Popes heretics (while stopping short of blatant schism).
For such folks, anyone outside their own particular little clique is a "modernist" and not a "real Catholic."
Pray for this man, but I wouldn't waste time worrying about his books.

[PopeClementI(MorClemis)]

Oddly, these "über-trads" have more in common with Jack Chick in their rhetoric than any Catholic saints..
[quote name='Socrates' post='1426061' date='Nov 27 2007, 11:42 PM']Mr. Ferrara is indeed a "rad-trad" extremist, who has essentially called all the post-Vatican II Popes heretics (while stopping short of blatant schism).
For such folks, anyone outside their own particular little clique is a "modernist" and not a "real Catholic."
Pray for this man, but I wouldn't waste time worrying about his books.[/quote]

[Totus Tuus]

I personally listened to Mr. Ferrara rant about EWTN and Mother Angelica when I was sitting behind him on a train, on pilgrimage with the same group he was in. It made me want to throw up.

Edited November 28, 2007 by Totus Tuus

[goldenchild17]

I don't particularly prefer his method but I agree with a good deal of his message (to a point, his philosophy is still a little off I think), especially in the premise of this book. So I'll pick up this book when I get the chance. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[Justin86]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1425784' date='Nov 28 2007, 07:28 AM']This all started when Mother Angelica had her stroke.[/quote]
Exactly. Attack Mother when she can talk and she'll put you in your place. That's what I, and I think alot of people, really liked about her. She didn't try to sugar coat anything--she just said it as it was. I miss Mother. I'm not sure if the network can find someone as charismatic as her.

As for the programming appealing only to "senior citizens" and not to "young people", why does it need to appeal to "young people" in the sense that it has to have hip Catholic bands on it to get our attention? If all you do is hold youth to the lowest common denominator, what to you expect to get out of them? I always liked EWTN for the messages. I could care less that Mother usually had carppy music on.

[MissyP89]

The Pure Life is made of win.

With the exception of the Journey Home, Web of Faith and sometimes LOTR, EWTN kind of annoys me. It's very old ladyish and I have to be in a certain mood to appreciate what I'm watching. Don't get me wrong, the network has taught me quite a bit, especially when I could not go to Mass. I just don't feel like I'm being engaged on my level.

[God Conquers]

Someone is accusing EWTN of MODERNISM!?!?

The epic scale of this person's radtradism is beyond my comprehension.