Mainstream media goes gaga over Pope Francis and same-sex civil unions
ROME, March 7, 2014– As I do most mornings, one of the first things I did today was put the search terms “Pope Francis” into Google . This morning the offerings from the mainstream media, and a fair chunk of the blogosphere, is along the lines of “Pope Francis leaves door open for civil unions!” Ah, there must have been another interview, I thought. Here we go again… Sure enough, yesterday Corriere della Sera , one of Italy’s mainstream daily papers published another “wide-ranging” interview with Pope Francis , and the usual round of arguments, disputes and triumphant whoops exploded over what the pope said, didn’t say, was mistranslated or misinterpreted or misrepresented as saying, in the press and the blogosphere. An English translation was provided Wednesday by Zenit , which gave the money quote as: Many countries have regulated civil unions. Is it a path that the Church can understand? But up to what point? Holy Father : Marriage is be...