Whoop-dee-do: A Catholic Bishop on MTV
Traditional Catholics were happy when Bishop Thomas J. Tobin replaced Bishop Robert E. Mulvee last year in the Diocese of Providence, R.I.
As noted in a Guest Column by Michael S. Rose, “MTV: A Recruiting Ground for Priests?” (Feb. 2002), the Diocese of Providence was trying to recruit seminarians with commercials on MTV, a crass and salacious TV rock music network that has nothing to do with Catholic values.
It is our understanding that Bishop Mulvee never appeared in a commercial, but Bishop Tobin (presumably “more orthodox”) does appear in the commercials. What desperation!
You May Also Enjoy
"Every consonance or harmony, every concord, every friendship and union," Maritain writes, "proceeds from the divine beauty…which gathers all things together and calls them to itself."
Debate, dialogue, discuss, argue, or even shout, as your personal taste in such matters dictates. But schism is never the answer.
There have been few times in my entire life — 76 years — when I…