The Platteville Food Fight: Fishwrap weighs in!

National catholic Fishwrap has now picked up on the ecclesial food fight going on in Platteville, WI (D. Madison – Bp. Morlino), about which I have posted before (HERE).

You will be shocked to learn that Fishwrap’s reportage – in a less than subtle way – stresses their Congregationalist party-line.

Here, however, is the money quote from the article:

Neither Morlino nor anyone from the diocese would respond to a request for an interview. A spokesman from the diocese wrote in an email, “We have no hope that assisting NCR with a story will result in a just reporting of the facts regarding the sad situation in Platteville.“

WDTPRS kudos to the spokesman.

UPDATE:

I just got a fundraising email from NCR (Fishwrap) using this story!  They write:

This morning we posted a story about a Wisconsin bishop to deny the sacraments of Communion, confession and burial to Catholics who are speaking publicly against unwelcome changes in their parish.

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Nowhere else can you get this kind of church coverage … [Thanks be to God!]

Here is a link so that you can send a donation to the Diocese of Madison.

And using this, you can send a donation to me!