Posted on 12/26/2015 3:48:51 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
In a letter stamped with the official Jubilee of Mercy theme “Misericordes sicut Pater” [Merciful Like the Father], the Holy See has returned veteran Vaticanist Sandro Magister’s press credentials after they were suspended in July.
In a short message dated Dec. 9, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi wrote: “I am pleased to inform you that from today the period of suspension of your accreditation at our Press Office is considered concluded, so it will be possible to resume benefiting from our services.”
Father Lombardi added that “together with my colleagues, I warmly wish you good work and all the best in this time of waiting for Christmas.” Magister published the letter on his blog Dec. 21.
The Vatican took the unusual step of indefinitely revoking Magister’s accreditation July 15 after the Italian Vaticanist published a leaked draft of Pope Francis’ environment encyclical Laudato Si in the Italian newspaper L’Espresso, three days before its official publication which the Vatican had unusually publicized in advance.
Father Lombardi wrote that publishing the draft was an “obviously inappropriate initiative” that had been a source of “major inconvenience” for other journalists and had caused “serious disruption”.
While many agreed with Father Lombardi’s decision, viewing the publication as a breach of normal journalistic standards at the Vatican, many others from different sides of the Catholic spectrum saw it as an error of judgment.
They pointed out that Magister hadn’t broken the embargo on the text because he had published a draft, not the final version, and that he had obtained it from an unofficial source, probably curial, who had imposed no restrictions on its use.
Others argued if anyone should be punished, it was the person who leaked it. “Magister didn't commit any journalistic sin,” wrote Grant Gallicho in Commonweal. “He got a legitimate scoop...”
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
How about punishing the authors of Laudato Si’ ??
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