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In reply to the discussion: 'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways [View all]keep_left
(1,811 posts)...Relevant Radio, Ave Maria Radio/University/anything, etc. The first thing they did was "Google bomb" the internet so that they're at the top any web search. They did this by creating tons of blogs and other low-effort sites that all link to one another, which is apparently part of how the Google algorithm works. "Google bombing" makes it look like EWTN is some sort of authoritative Church source when in fact they have no official Church standing (the ownership and governance of EWTN was handed over to a lay board when the late Mother Angelica endangered the network by feuding with high-ranking clergy).
EWTN and the other radtrad Catholic groups absolutely hate a lot of the liturgical music of the last 50-60 years or so, and they attack it constantly ("St. Louis Jesuits" is a popular snarl word on Relevant Radio), so I'm not surprised that music was low-hanging fruit in their culture war. It's now moved on to the Communion in the hand "controversy", Confession obsession, and of course abortion politics 24-7.