|
|
<$BlogRSDURL$> Archives
|
Vatican secrecy will trump the media again. Also found on the Calgary Herald Q page.Everything about the Vatican has remained to be fairly mysterious and secretive. The secrecy within the Vatican is something that has made the papacy so compelling. On Saturday April 2 at 7:37 p.m. when John Paul II passed away, the notice to reporters was done through email. This had never been done before primarily because there was never the technology that there is now. Some believe this was a good thing; keeping the people at bay with what happened within the Vatican walls. It kept the Vatican full of mystique and secrecy. The way it should be. En route back from Rome, I indulged in a little news article done by the New York Times. There was an interesting article which discussed the now very present media within the Vatican- something that was in between of being damaging but positive to the Vatican. The article featured an interview with the President of CNN's domestic networks, Jonathan Klein. Now when I think of CNN, I think of them always being front line with everything newsworthy. But when I read what Mr. Klein had to say about finding out info within the Vatican, it made me wonder why secrets can't just be kept secret. Mr. Klein said this about finding information out about the vote of the new Pope: "The challenge will be to get inside the College of the Cardinals. We have great reporters, good sources but the conclave literally means 'with key' in Latin. They go to great efforts to maintain secrecy, including sweeping the room for bugs. It is going to be a difficult story to cover". Good call Mr. Klein. Maybe CNN should find out what everyone wants to know, when the white smoke bellows from the chimney. Not before. There are secrets and traditions for a reason- why tamper with it for a little front line story? Vatican officials have continually made it abundantly clear that the process in choosing the new Pope is something that is kept in absolute hush-hush mode. The cardinals are sworn to secrecy and the Sistine Chapel and surrounding buildings will be checked for media bugging several times a day. Everyone is anxious to know who will take the reigns after John Paul II. Even I want to know and until my trip to Rome, I really wasn't all that interested. But I think we should leave the Cardinals to their conclave until they are ready to tell the world. We'll see the white smoke when they're ready. Posted by Bella at 6:46 PM# 0 Comments:
|
