MediaGuardian.co.uk

The BBC today came under renewed fire over the standards of its journalism when a leading Roman Catholic bishop accused it of displaying anti-Catholic bias and encouraging a “tabloid culture”.

Mario Conti, the Archbishop of Glasgow, pointed the finger at the corporation for its “gross insensitivity” to the church and for its “increasingly cavalier attitude” towards other institutions.

In a letter to the Herald newspaper, the archbishop accused the BBC of “rudeness and prejudice” in marking the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of Pope John Paul II and the beatification of Mother Teresa with a documentary about the effectiveness of condoms in the fight against Aids.

“Such scheduling showed gross insensitivity to the spiritual and historical significance of these moments,” he wrote.

I’m happy to be wrong, but this looks like a deliberate and opportune attempt to gag the BBC…