Demonstrating the Associated Press' Agenda Against the Church
Be on the look-out every time you see an article from the Associated Press regarding the Catholic Church for their insults. I've actually made a game out of it, and was amused to find their article reporting on the launching of http://www.news.va/en started with ridicule.
The Pope launched a tweet from an iPad regarding the launch of http://www.news.va/en -- that's the basic story. The Associated Press began their article saying something horribly blatant like, "The Vatican, well-known for their inability to handle communication in the modern world," ... I'm really not exaggerating. "The Vatican, known for frequent failures of communication," -- it was something very much like that. Shoot, let me just pull up an article from them and we'll see.
(It's also funny how everything relating to Catholic administration is "The Vatican", regardless of which department or who said it, etc.)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/19/general-eu-vatican-philadelphia_8572142.html for example, the first article I came across after entering "associated press vatican" into bing:
1. "sending him into retirement" -- using the language of cover-up and of "going into hiding", as if it was a top-down decision rather than "hey, this guy's 70 and actually is retiring"
2. "as the archdiocese faces accusations that it covered up a long-running priest sex abuse scandal." -- just to reinforce in the readers' minds what the AP wants them to think, regardless of the fact that many accusations are unfounded (they're promoting a "guilty until proven innocent" mentality for the reader). They're also acting as a soundboard for these enemies of the Church; this sentence could easily be rewritten (the effect it has on the reader), "It's possible they are deliberately hiding long-running sex abuse by priests," but that would be too direct, so instead they pretend to be a third party by saying instead, "They're facing accusations that ____" -- accusations largely being made by the Associated Press, yes ...
3. "of the U.S. bishops conservative wing" -- Apparently this bishop simply adheres to Church doctrine. However, the Associated Press wants dissention and division within the Church, because they want to promote homosexuality, abortion, etc. (i.e. they want to promote the power of the Democrat Party), so they deliberately write as if there are "conservative bishops" and "liberal bishops"... No, there are good bishops (those following the teaching of Jesus Christ and the Church he established) and bad bishops (those who do not, and these are rare).
4. "The brief Vatican announcement" -- brief, giving the impression the Vatican is "busy doing other things and can't be bothered"
5. "Rigali has been under pressure for his handling of the scandal." -- They present it as if it were a well-established front on all sides (i.e. a general consensus), rather than a small minority with so-far-unsupported accusations.
6. "Earrlier [sic] this year, the head of the archdiocese's ..." -- I don't know how true this statement is (or of what value it is, since the woman's authority is not clear), but they are only presenting one side -- their side, and the side they want the reader to know about.
7. "Chaput, [...] opposes gay marriage and stem-cell research" -- They don't want the reader to distinguish between embryonic and adult stem cell research (the former results from murder, the latter is approved), and there is no such thing as "gay marriage", but the AP uses the word manipulation of the pro-homosexual camp to more strongly solidify their position: Chaput doesn't "oppose gay marriage" -- he supports marriage.
8. And then they try to describe him as a heartless person ('won't let kids go to his school' -- the details of that story not present) who "just hates gay people". Then they try to make him complicit in another scandal (of a priest guilty of embezzlement and sexual misconduct), which they raise only to present the Church in the worst light they can. Note they only mention actions of his a liberal mind would find disagreeable. And of course they speak of "women's ordination" because, after accusing the Church clergy of homophobic, they also present accusations of sexism (to make for a stronger case).