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July 2014

July 30, 2014

Are Catholics about to loosen Communion rules?

The professional skill of a reporter can be tested by his abilities to weigh the...

July 28, 2014

The Atlantic: What happened to all those Catholic rites?

Long-time GetReligion readers, do you remember that typology that a wise, older priest -- a...

July 27, 2014

Mariam goes free, at last, while some questions linger

Other than editors trying to figure out the correct spelling of her name, there were...

July 25, 2014

UCLA study literally tries to sell gay marriage in Texas

Help gays marry and boost the economy: That's one of the newest pitches in gay...

July 24, 2014

An ISIS tax on Christians? The accurate word is ‘dhimmitude’

A month ago, I wrote a post about the events unfolding in Mosul and argued...

July 23, 2014

La Nación on soccer and Protestantism in Brazil

Sitting in my "guilt file" of stories I should be covering -- but have not...

July 23, 2014

What is this? Forbes goes to bat for Eden Foods critics

Several years ago, your GetReligionistas created a new item in our archives list of news...

July 23, 2014

Study: Religious kids believe the Bible and other ‘fiction’

Is this Clutching at Straws Month? Because I don't know how to dress or what...

July 22, 2014

Pod people: Are all political liberals also on moral left?

Every now and then, Issues, Etc., host Todd Wilken take and I off in one...

July 22, 2014

The Mosul purge: How good is the media coverage?

The purge of Christians from Mosul in northern Iraq -- home to thriving Christian communities...

July 21, 2014

Yo editors: Can the state pay Catholics to help immigrants?

As usual, there was a stack of Baltimore Sun newspapers waiting for me at the...

July 17, 2014

Are evangelicals America’s only real moral conservatives?

Nearly a decade ago, the conservative Weekly Standard ran a very newsy story on its...

July 16, 2014

Concerning the latest (alleged) interview with Pope Francis

So how would you like to be a press officer for the Vatican these days?...

July 16, 2014

Should Louisiana priest say what he heard in confession?

Dead men file no lawsuits. They also don’t defend themselves to TV reporters. And live...

July 15, 2014

For Cologne archbishop, Reuters emits a scent of bias

The new archbishop of Cologne, Germany, is all about gays. At least it is, according...

July 12, 2014

Latin Mass: Why did NYTimes avoid rite’s liberal enemies?

There is this old, old, old saying that you will often hear quoted in discussions...

July 11, 2014

In Catholic schools: Demographics is destiny, so is doctrine

Not that long ago, I wrote a post about religious faith and mathematics that turned...

July 09, 2014

Brazil’s faith in football: What happens after the apocalypse?

If you know anything about the sport the world calls "football," then you know that...

July 09, 2014

Pope’s abuse apology: Media did a fair job, surprisingly

Mainstream media didn't pile onto Pope Francis. I know that sounds cynical -- something like...

July 08, 2014

Babies and holy ghosts in Texas surrogate pregnancies story

Give the Austin American-Statesman credit for a couple of things. First, the Texas newspaper has...

July 05, 2014

You can confess — but not to an Anglican priest

The Adelaide Advertiser reports the Anglican Church of Australia has lifted the veil of secrecy...

July 03, 2014

So, are there unique Episcopal saints or not?

Noticing some fair-haired children in the slave market one morning, Pope Gregory, the memorable pope,...

July 03, 2014

Attention editors: Is there a ‘Little Sisters’ case in your area?

While the post-Hobby Lobby meltdown continues on the cultural and journalistic left -- this New...

July 01, 2014

And the Baltimore Hobby Lobby angle is … the Little Sisters

All news is local. That's one of the first laws that journalists quote whenever we...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

About that NYTimes hint at the future of married priests

A long, long time ago, a Catholic leader gave me a tip as a young...

June 26, 2014

Auschwitz in Ireland: L’Humanité on Ireland’s mass graves

The falsehoods and exaggerations -- need I say, the hysteria -- surrounding the Irish orphanage...

June 26, 2014

Pod people: Sometimes editors really need to do the math

I have never been much of a math guy, but sometimes you have to see...

June 24, 2014

Journalists covering Iraq, please learn this word — ‘dhimmi’

Like it or not, journalists and editors who are handling coverage of events in Iraq...

June 24, 2014

Torture lost to Mafia coverage, at least in news on pope talks

If the coverage of Pope Francis this weekend was any indication, the Mafia is more...

June 23, 2014

The track record when atheists wield political power?

DUANE’S QUESTION: He’d like to know what The Religion Guy was talking about in this...