@MawLr if reading these articles scandalizes you then you should not be reading them at all. This doesn't mean that you pretend that there are no problems in the Church or the Vatican at all, but rather that you choose not to give them your attention unless there is something positive that you can do about it. It's about cultivating the virtue of Hope. Furthermore, you should spread scandal around needlessly for the sake of others around you.
Finally, we moderns are all too fixated on opinions of this or that. Valid opinion? Maybe, but what exactly does that mean? Well that just means that you have a view on something, and it's not entirely arbitrary. It's not anything special. Gossiping is a form of sharing your opinion, but we don't say they have a right to gossip (at least not morally).
