Pope’s media message
Sir,—The Pope’s criticism of the media (June 1) includes the suggestion that public monitoring groups be set up to collect and present complaints. This is the thin edge of the wedge for a return to the blanket control of publishing imposed by the Christian church in medieval times and which applied for many centuries. Cardinal Wolsey took this tool of suppression a stage further by issuing a long list of forbidden books in 1501. In 1562, Pope Pius IV issued a Jong index of books forbidden to Catholics, while Pope Pius V created the infamous, “Congregation of Index" which issued in excess of 40 indices well into the twentieth century. Pope John Paul’s complaint against sex and violence is valid enough, but if Christians are so deeply concerned about such negative and dangerous presentations, why do they not set an example by cleaning up their Holy Bible?—Yours, etc., ARTHUR MAY. June 2, 1984.
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