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"Practicing Catholic" terminology

Latest comment: 5 months ago4 comments3 people in discussion

In the "personal life" section, Maddow is described as being a "practicing Catholic". This is a technical term referring to someone who, among other things, intellectually assents to the entirety of doctrine/dogma of the Catholic Church. Maddow openly and explicitly rejects certain Catholic doctrine, and therefore cannot be accurately described as a practicing Catholic. Source: Code of Canon Law 750: https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html ~2025-40783-83 (talk) 17:37, 16 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Linking a canon law is meaningless here. Wikipedia does not use its voice to speak for the Catholic church. Maddow can describe herself as a "practicing Catholic" if she wants. And unless someone has evidence that she has been excommunicated or denied entrance into a Catholic church, the information stays in the article. There are lots of notable people who have Wikipedia articles that describe them as Catholic even though they disagree openly with some of the Church's teachings, such as Joe Biden and Franciscan priest Richard Rohr. Sundayclose (talk) 20:58, 20 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

linking Canon Law is relevant in showing that there are actual criteria one must meet to be a practicing Catholic. Maddow is free to call herself a practicing Catholic, but the wording should be changed to say "she considers herself a practicing Catholic" instead of "she is a practicing Catholic" because she manifestly is not. And the other articles you link to in your comment do not ever use the term "practicing Catholic". Roadclosed636 (talk) 16:17, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I disagree. Unless someone can provide evidence that she has been excommunicated, she is considered to be a Catholic by the church's standards. Look at other articles of people who are Catholic. There is no requirement that it be stated "considers him/herself to be Catholic", despite the fact that these people have openly disagreed with the church. That's true for virtually every article that identifies a person as belonging to a certain religion. This article cannot be singled out. Again, the church speaks for itself; Wikipedia does not speak for the church. If she is treated the same as all other Catholics, we have no basis for removing the claim. We need evidence that the church does not consider her Catholic to remove the claim that she is Catholic. Otherwise that would result in hundreds (perhaps thousands) of articles being challenged. Sundayclose (talk) 16:15, 9 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

ICE Agents

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Has anyone wondered where the new ICE agents came from. Would be interesting to compare the List of NEW AGENTS with the List of the men who were Pardoned from the Jan. 6th list ???? ~2026-12364-72 (talk) 18:17, 24 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

@~2026-12364-72 What exactly does this have to do with Rachel Maddow? ~2026-13840-84 (talk) 00:57, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Citizenship

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It should be mentioned somewhere in the article that she is Canadian & American. ~2026-13840-84 (talk) 00:56, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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