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| June 1951 |
They are closing down the old Catholic Standard and Times in
Philly. Apparently there is a seventeen
million dollar deficit in the archdiocese of Philadelphia, eleven million of
which foolishly spent on the defense of monsignor Lynn and company. The Catholic Standard and Times in Philly was
where a good Catholic used to get a full dose of any Catholic story not carried
or fully carried in the WASP Evening Bulletin, Daily News or Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The once weekly newspaper was cut back to monthly over a year ago. That tells you at the Catholic Brand is no
longer a strong brand in Philly. It says
that the number of Catholic households that subscribe are down. It tells you that fewer people bother to read
these days. Fewer advertisers too. That
Public Relations and cash to the Catholic League for propaganda instead of
Catholic news is deemed more important from on top and trickled down to the
least common denominator nobody Catholic member still bothering to show up in a
pew on any Sunday.
“These are good men and women who have served the Church well,” said Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M Cap. “I take this action with great reluctance, as one of several urgently needed steps to restore the local Church to a healthy financial footing. Every departing employee has the sincere gratitude of the Archdiocese and will be treated with maximum consideration.”
They have served their church well and now they can be discarded now that they are no longer needed. Typical GOP trickle down "humanity" speak. Now that Satan, the GOP, it would seem has taken over the Roman Catholic Church in America. Downsize, Outsource, Offshore Invest.
Forty odd jobs are disappearing with this
ancient enterprise. No history of its
founding anywhere in Chaput’s chronically smug sounding PR pronouncement. These pronouncements sound like they are
written and rewritten and preformed verbally over and over again in front of a
mirror or in front of toady subordinates that praise every sentence, word,
comma, period. One would think that archbishop
Chaput has no time for sleep in his zealous discharge of his duties. In fact, how can he sleep knowing that he is doing
a slow decimation of the church of my ancestors in Philly. Oh well.
I do remember that the Catholic Standard and
Times as an institution goes back at least to 1892 because the image of the 400th
Century Anniversary of Catholic Columbus’ discovery of America, from a stamp,
was once part of the front page title header.
Whatever.
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