After its recent month of Catholic-bashing, does the Boston Herald think this cover headline—“God Help Us: Sleazy show tempts men weighing priesthood”—and the accompanying article, “TV show pits flesh vs. spirit: ‘God’ irks Catholics” make up for it? Especially since they apparently miss the point that many Catholics are welcoming the show and hailing it, despite the questionable marketing and title, as a good depiction of vocational discernment.
Once again, it’s another article full of editorializing masked as news. The reporter makes the judgment that it is “the cheapening of such a decision by reality TV.” Sounds like a judgment to me, again one not shared by some devout and practicing Catholics.
And what in the world does this have to do with the Scandal? Must every story about the Catholic Church includes quotes from sex-abuse victims? Is that all the Church is now to the media?
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Perhaps you’ve hit the nail on the head, Domenico. It certainly has functioned for them as a cheap and easy handle on the church.
I don’t watch much TV and shy away from Catholic stuff on public TV so I can’t comment on any show. I’m not likely to watch anything like that.
I haven’t read the article but the part about the title is interesting. For those called to marriage, God is to be found with the girl. Also, did anyone see the letter from a Dorchester Jesuit yesterday defending some of the Cardinal’s more “controversial” conservative acts?
I’ve read some things in traditionalist circles and they don’t think the show is half bad.
These commie journalist-types are just irked that these priestly candidates like girls.
Like The Herald gives a **** about “cheapening such a decision by reality TV.” I must have missed their righteous anger over Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire and its many clones.
I just got off the phone with the marketing director of God Or the Girl—an orthodox Catholic guy, BTW. Everything he told me jibes with the positive buzz the series is getting, from surprising quarters.
One of the show’s subjects works with FOCUS out in Lincoln. Solid guy.
Darryl, . . . hmmm . . . marketing?
Will we be seeing more of your comments in the future on other topics or will this be the last one until your next mini-series?