Her er en interessant artikkel fra the Associated Press, om hva noen (mange?) bloggere bruker sin tid til:
Pressure is on to change the Roman Catholic Church in America, but it’s not coming from the usual liberal suspects. A new breed of theological conservatives has taken to blogs and YouTube to say the church isn’t Catholic enough.
Enraged by dissent that they believe has gone unchecked for decades, and unafraid to say so in the starkest language, these activists are naming names and unsettling the church.
In the Archdiocese of Boston, parishioners are dissecting the work of a top adviser to the cardinal for any hint of Marxist influence.
Bloggers are combing through campaign finance records to expose staff of Catholic agencies who donate to politicians who support abortion rights.
RealCatholicTV.com, working from studios in suburban Detroit, is hunting for «traitorous» nuns, priests or bishops throughout the American church. …
Jeg leste dette først hos Father. Z. Den opprinnelige artikkelen er (delvis) ganske negativ til disse bloggerne, mens Father Z. har et noe annet perspektiv på det hele; han siterer og skriver bl.a.:
….. Catholic officials are struggling to come to terms with the bloggers and have organized several recent media conferences on the topic, the latest at the Vatican this month. The U.S. bishops’ conference issued social media guidelines in July calling for Christian charity online.
Still, no one expects the Catholic blogosphere to change tone anytime soon. Many of the conservatives most active online had spent years raising the alarm about dissent on their own in their local dioceses without much effect. Now, they feel they are finally being heard online.
“There’s a general sense among many faithful Catholics that no matter how much they write their bishops, no matter how much they go to the pastors, all of these unfaithful things keep getting taught,” Voris said. “I think enough Catholics are saying, ‘That’s it. I’ve had it.‘”