“If [Pope's Francis] media-generated popularity, fragile as that may turn out to be when the world discovers that the pope is really a Catholic, opens windows of possibility for explaining that divine mercy leads us to the truths God revealed to us (and inscribed into the world and into us), then his reanimation of the papacy will advance the "Church in permanent mission" for which he called in Evangelii Gaudium, which is the grand strategy document of his pontificate.” IfsWorldMayTurnsChurchMediaPossibilityDivineWindowMercyCatholicStrategyMissionsPermanentFragilePopularityDocumentsPopeExplainingDivine Mercy Author:George Weigel
“When media "narratives" about [Pope] Francis get set in concrete, and act as filters bending or distorting (or ignoring) aspects of his vision and his teaching that don't fit the established story line, the Church has a problem.” StoriesProblemChurchLinesVisionTeachingMediaFitAspectNarrativeConcretePopeFiltersBending Author:George Weigel
“There's an obvious investment in some media circles in the "narrative" of "the pope who's finally going to get with it."” MediaInvestmentObviousCirclesNarrativePope Author:George Weigel
“As a friend at a major American newspaper said to me when I complained about this tendency in his own paper, "You know how these media narratives are. They're like bamboo." Meaning, once they start growing, you can't kill them.” KnowsSaidKnow HowGrowingMediaPaperMajorsNewspapersTendenciesNarrativeBamboo Author:George Weigel
