Well let's compare.  There is light weight smear and then there's heavier weight FACTS: The titles of articles today on National Catholic Register don't seem all that "pablumatic" do they?

In fact they seem down right positive and helpful.  Just a few examples:

- This Advent, Prepare Yourself and Your Family — and Our Nation
- Advent Is Mary’s Time
- Why (and How) to Return to Sunday Mass and Confession
- Pope on Advent Mission: ‘We Are Called to Enlarge the Horizons of Our Hearts’
- He’s Not Afraid of Evil, but Young People are Scaring This Exorcist
- An Eyewitness Account of a Friary Invasion in Rio de Janeiro
- Mother Teresa's 15 Tips to Help You Become More Humble