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Mons Celli certainly d i d speak of "aggressive sites and blogs"...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 20:49 At yesterday's press conference for the presentation of the Holy Father's World Day of Social Communications message, as I see at Zenit in Italian; don't find a version of that press conference transcription at the news agency's English or French sites, but perhaps its just too late in the day for my eyes to work properly.
... Parlando alle agenzie di stampa, Celli ha rimarcato come l'invito papale ad uno stile “rispettoso e discreto” nell'annuncio del Vangelo vale come richiamo anche “per quei siti e blog cattolici aggressivi, che scomunicano e non hanno uno stile cristiano di presenza” tanto che “bisogna vedere fino a che punto questi siti siano veramente cattolici”....
Speaking to the press, Celli remarked on the papal invitation to [a public, Internet] style that is "respectful and sober" in the proclamation of the Gospel, that it also serves as a reminder "for those aggressive sites and blogs which excommunicate and lack a Christian style of presence" that "it's necessary to see in what way these sites are actually Catholic". Mons Celli goes on to assure us that an instruction on proper Catholic blog etiquette is forthcoming, pft.
Nicole Winfield's AP article includes this passage (as published at WaPo yesterday):
... Benedict didn't name names, but the head of the Vatican's social communications office, Archbishop Claudio Celli, said it was certainly correct to direct the pope's exhortation to some conservative Catholic blogs, YouTube channels and sites which, with some vehemence, criticize bishops, public officials and policies they consider not Catholic enough....
Chiara Santomiero's report at Zenit doesn't pretend to be a transcription verbatim of Mons Celli's remarks, and so I will concede that Miss Winfield's "... policies they consider not Catholic enough..." and her "with some vehemence" may be derived from the Italian that Zenit presents, or from the Italian Zenit didn't include; they comport well enough with Miss Santomiero's Italian to be adjudged not creations of Miss Winfield's prejudice.
On the other hand, the business about "conservative Catholic blogs" and "[criticism] of bishops, public officials and policies they consider not Catholic enough" I'm not giving credence to until I see the Italian text from which those versions were made. I find it odd that the French, Spanish, and Italian sites I look at haven't made any noise about Mons Celli's 'conservative blogs', 'YouTube' remarks, if they were in fact made quite as advertised. But perhaps Mons Celli spoke also in English? perhaps we shall see.
Marc
John Thavis at Catholic News Service writes, in his report mentioning Mons Celli's 'press availability':
... Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, was asked in a briefing with reporters whether the pope's words reflected concern over an aggressive and derisive approach found on some Catholic sites and blogs.
"The risk is there, there is no doubt," the archbishop said. He added that his council was working on a document that would offer, among other things, some reference points about the appropriate tone and behavior for church-related Internet sites....
Nothing there about "conservative blogs" or "YouTube channels". Don't know why I didn't think to go to CNS earlier; so much dross, so often.
Marc
A wonderful post at Opinionated Catholic, which also notices what I am guessing is anti-'conservative Catholic' padding added to Nicole Winfield's AP article on Mons Celli's press conference at the presentation of the Most Holy Father's WDSC message. It remains possible of course that she is accurately citing and then paraphrasing the prelate's actual assertions.
