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April 2013

April 04, 2013

Flash! Cardinal says all people created in God’s image

In a way, the existence of the short New York Times story that ran with...

April 03, 2013

Was the New York Times Easter error no big deal?

The New York Times has been taking quite a bit of heat for its shockingly...

April 02, 2013

All hope is not lost: Easter in America’s newspapers

That New York Times doozie-of-a-correction notwithstanding, many American journalists understand exactly what Easter means for...

April 02, 2013

Steubenville: Ties between rape and ‘fundamentalist’ teens?

Your GetReligionistas don't spend much time digging around in the growing world of first-person, advocacy...

April 01, 2013

Christians wary on Easter (sort of) in Syria

Every religion writer has experienced those awkward moments each year when an editor walks over...

April 01, 2013

This NY Times Easter correction is a doozie

The reporter who passed this one along to us wrote, simply: they just make it...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

So what was Pope Francis up to on Holy Thursday?

So, this pope vs. pope theme has been building, in mainstream coverage, during the amazing...

March 29, 2013

Shroud of Turin: Let’s include the basic facts, please

Readers who have been following GetReligion for some time, or even reading my Scripps...

March 28, 2013

Who knew Piers Morgan could be thought-provoking?

The Huffington Post's Jon Ward is a thoughtful reporter and one who uncovers ghosts on...

March 26, 2013

Sexing up Pope Francis

My corner of Florida has been over run by college students on Spring break. While...

March 26, 2013

Winners and losers in our do-it-yourself religion era

No one on the national religion-news scenes writes with more vigor and enthusiasm about America's...

March 25, 2013

A stone, but no tablet, at the emergency room

It's been a difficult few weeks for your friendly neighborhood GetReligionistas. First, George endured major...

March 25, 2013

Journalism and stem cell research 101

If you think general religion coverage is bad, try mixing it with media coverage of...

March 24, 2013

On the media’s habit of showing habited nuns

Quick follow-up to a recent post highlighting some problems with 60 Minutes' coverage of Roman...

March 23, 2013

Francis coverage unfair to atheists?

And now for something completely different in the coverage of the election of Pope Francis...

March 22, 2013

Ghosts in news about those monks and their simple caskets

So, in one level, my primary task in this post is to point GetReligion readers...

March 22, 2013

Invincible ignorance on the Anglican Ordinariate

In this age of citizen journalism, blogger news, free content and PR driven stories there...

March 22, 2013

At last! Actual journalism on the same-sex marriage beat

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. I was...

March 20, 2013

Did ‘the’ leader of the Orthodox attend the Rome rites?

So, let's assume that you are a Catholic leader and you pick up your morning...

March 20, 2013

Solid Scottish abuse reporting from the Herald

I have written a number of articles acknowledging and bewailing the manifold sins and wickedness,...

March 19, 2013

Was Pope Francis ‘anointed’ today? (UPDATED)

The New York Times has run, at last count, 10 pieces in the past six...

March 18, 2013

Ssssshhh! Conservative Catholics may exist at Georgetown

When the news broke about the election of the first Jesuit pope, several on-air commentators...

March 18, 2013

Is CNN pushing the “Dirty War” story?

Suggestions that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was morally complicit in the crimes of the Argentine junta...

March 17, 2013

Ghosts in Brennan’s Constitution oath?

Various media reported that new CIA chief John O. Brennan swore his oath of office...

March 17, 2013

Pod people: Did you hear? There is a new pope!

You will be shocked, shocked, need I say SHOCKED to know that this week's "Crossroads"...

March 16, 2013

Inside the conclave: Personal news vs. political news

Let's flash back, for a moment, to the early stages of the tsunami of papal...

March 15, 2013

Flooding the papal coverage zone

We've certainly seen some abysmally bad religion news coverage ever since Pope Benedict XVI announced...

March 15, 2013

Pope Francis and the ‘Hand of God’

Europe's tabloid press has added its bit to the wall-to-wall press coverage of Pope Francis. Crowding...

March 14, 2013

Vatican secret ballots aren’t democratic?

Friends, I took a nasty fall a couple of days ago and have seriously injured...

March 14, 2013

Pope Francis on Page 1: Best and worst of local reax

It's another great day to be a newspaper junkie who enjoys checking out front pages...