Posts filed under Wisconsin State Journal

Bishop told priests, and apparently Sister Simone: don’t go to Holy Wisdom Monastery

Bishop Morlino contacted diocesan priests, and also religious, presumably including head “Nun on the Bus” Sister Simone Campbell, the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, and the Saint John’s Abbey monks, and asked them to stop going to events at the formerly Catholic Holy Wisdom Monastery. I was quoted in a newspaper article today that highlights the bishop’s… (read more)

Religion reporter Doug Erickson’s 2012 Word of the Year: Indifferentism

Now, when the Diocese of Madison tweets a Wisconsin State Journal Article and posts it to facebook, that’s a pretty good kudos. Doesn’t happen real often, but today they posted religion reporter Doug Erickson’s good article highlighting and explaining the Catholic term “religious indifferentism”. The end of 2012 brought with it lists of words and… (read more)

The Rosary Rally in the newspaper, a Beatitudes-type blessing from the Freedom From Religion Foundation

The Wisconsin State Journal ran two articles by religion reporter Doug Erickson in yesterday’s Sunday edition, one on the Capitol Rosary Rally and one on Bishop Morlino’s defense of Paul Ryan as someone with a faithful understanding of Catholic social teaching. I was interviewed August 29th and my photo accompanies the Paul Ryan article in… (read more)

State Journal anti-Catholic? My own experience

The Diocese of Madison has a statement in regards to bad Wisconsin State Journal reporting. Statement of the Diocese of Madison, regarding coverage of the delicate situation in Platteville, in the Wisconsin State Journal This past weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal chose to run a story on the sad events surrounding the closing of St…. (read more)