Michael Voris isn’t “Catholic”?! Thus reads a statement (thank you, Fr. Z) from the Archdiocese of Detroit:
The Archdiocese has informed Mr. Voris and Real Catholic TV, RealCatholicTV.com, that it does not regard them as being authorized to use the word “Catholic” to identify or promote their public activities.
Are you kidding me?
If Michael Voris’s views, as he shares them on the Vortex and the other programming on RealCatholicTV, are not Catholic, then
· woodchucks don’t chuck wood
· birds don’t fly
· Abe Lincoln wasn’t honest
· the sky isn’t blue
· bears do not poop in the woods
· dew does not fall from heaven
· the Pope is not Catholic
and I’ll eat my chapel veil.
I find it scandalous for a Diocese to declare that Michael Voris cannot call his organization Catholic.
In fact, I think it’s even more scandalous than allowing all those questionably "catholic" hospitals, colleges, universities, and dissident groups to include “Catholic” in their titles.
I am practically speechless. But I won't be for long, and I will have more to say on this subject.
UPDATE:
There is however an interesting twist to this story. Michael Voris, while he may be the star of RealCatholicTV’s programming, is not the owner of the website. The owner is Marc Brammer who lives in South Bend Indiana in the diocese of Bishop Kevin Rhoades.
Brammer told LifeSiteNews, “I own RealCatholicTV.com. I contracted with Michael Voris to produce video content for that website and I pay him for it. It is a business relationship between me and Michael. If all of a sudden now there’s this tussle over the use of the word ‘Catholic’ I’ll deal with it through competent ecclesial authority.”
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