Media risks making politics a religion by marginalizing the Church, Archbishop Chaput says

The secularists are quick to use 'separation of church and state' to muzzle the church, but can we use it to keep them from interfering in the church?

I think the Pew Forum may have gotten more than they bargained for when they invited Archbishop Chaput to speak :)  He is one of the few Bishops that frequently speak up to defend the Catholic Church.  He is also 'spot on' here.  The 'mainstream media rarely discusses the Church, but when they do, they often misinterpret or distort Church teachings.

Unless the media improves its basic understanding of Catholic beliefs and practices, it risks marginalizing the Church and replacing its voice in society with politics, a set of beliefs “with the same vestments, but less conscience,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput told a gathering of prominent journalists on Tuesday at the Pew Forum.

Though the Archbishop of Denver had been invited to Washington, D.C. to address the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life about the political obligations of Catholics, he began his remarks with a discussion of media coverage of the Catholic Church.

His audience consisted of several prominent journalists including Sally Quinn, Moderator of the Washington Post's “On Faith” section; Time Contributing Editor Amy Sullivan; Washington Post Politics Columnist E.J. Dionne; New York Times Washington Correspondent David Kirkpatrick; and Tony Spence, Editor-In-Chief of Catholic News Service.

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