“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
“The most enduring of the false narratives is that the signature phrase of the early pontificate - "Who am I to judge?" - was a matter of the pope jettisoning millennia of Catholic moral teaching. It was not. It was a specific response to the circumstances of a man who had repented and was trying to live an upright life.” MenTryingMatterMoralTeachingJudgingCircumstancesCatholicResponseEndureNarrativePhrasesPopeSignatures Author:George Weigel
“Then [Catholics] owe [pope] the loyalty that is expressed in speaking the truth to him - and that puts a premium on knowing whether what you're happy about, on unhappy about, has a basis in fact, or is merely a reflection of the "narrative.” FactsKnowingReflectionBasesCatholicLoyaltyUnhappyNarrativePopeSpeak The TruthPremium Author:George Weigel
