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Vatican attacks French TV station
for decision not to broadcast
the Pope's Christmas Eve Mass

by Richard Owen in Rome

Dec. 20, 2008


In MSM-speak, no one simply 'criticizes' or 'reproaches' anyone - it is always 'attack', especially if it is the Church that is shown as the 'attacker'... As far as the substance of the news itself, one is tempted to see in this move a payback by the liberal ultra-secularists for the success - at least, in the immediate term - of the Pope's visit last September, much against their expectations.



What with the French-instigated Trojan horse on homosexual rights at the UN, the 'oldest daughter of the Church' - at least its secular powers - is as wilfully defiant as ever
.




The Vatican has attacked a decision by the French television channel TF1 to broadcast a comedy-variety show [and a replay of a 2005 concert by a French pop singer] this year instead of the Pope's Christmas Eve Mass as "a sign of superficiality".

Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said the move was "not a positive sign". It showed a lack of sensitivity towards the "the culture and religious traditions of a vast part of France".

Pope Benedict XVI visited France, which has 35 million baptised Catholics, in September, and held talks with President Sarkozy.

He said then that "What gave Europe's culture its foundation — the search for God and the readiness to listen to him — remains today the basis of any genuine culture".

He added: "At this moment in history, when cultures continue to cross paths more frequently, I am firmly convinced that a new reflection on the true meaning and importance of secularism is necessary,"

L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, today attacked France, which holds the rotating EU Presidency until the end of the year, for proposing a UN declaration "de-criminalising" homosexuality. [It does not. The only mention of France comes in the opening sentence of the news item, to wit: "The French document proposed to the United Nations is not a document intended, first of all, to decriminalize homosexuality in the countries where it is still persecuted, as the media, in simplification, have reported." I will translate the item separately.]

It said the Vatican accepted that private sexual acts between consenting adults should not be punished by law as crimes. But the real purpose of the UN move was to put homosexual relations on the same level as heterosexual relations and thus open the way to the legitimisation of gay marriage and gay adoption. [Which is the naked truth. Not even the proponents have denied this!]


Here's how the French service of AFP reported the story. Its headline is correct:


The Vatican criticizes TF1
decision not to broadcast
Christmas Eve Mass this year




VATICAN CITY, Dec. 20 (Translated from AFP) - The decision by the French channel TF1 not to broadcast the Pope's Christmas Eve Mass this year was criticized today by Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi.

Interviewed by the religious news service I-Media, Fr. Lombardi said the decision was 'not a positive sign'.

To replace the traditional Midnight Mass broadcast with a variety show, he said, was 'a sign of superficiality' that betrays 'a lack of consideration for the sensibility of a great part of the country'.

He pointed out that "many countries around the world broadcast this celebration because they know it is of interest to a great part of the public who see Christmas not only as an important event for the faith but also for the community in general."

Last year, the Papal midnight Mass was broadcast by 60 channels in 42 countries.

TF1, the premier French channel, had always broadcast the Pope's Midnight Mass which has an audience estimated at 1.5 million. This year, they have chosen to present instead a 'grand betisier de Noel' [an anthology of Christmas howlers or boo-boos] followed by the replay of a 2005 concert by pop singer Michel Sardou. [All the more, it seems like a petty, childish act of spite on the part of TF1!]

However, France 2, which is a public service channel, always broadcasts a midnight Mass. This year, it will broadcast the Mass from the cathedral of Evry.

The Papal Mass will be broadcast by the Catholic TV channel KTO.



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