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February 2013

February 15, 2013

Pod people: Pope steps down; many journalists fall down

Gentle readers, one cannot make some of this stuff up. So, everyone knows that Pope...

February 14, 2013

Are ashes to go a Protestant no-no?

This week's celebration of Ash Wednesday has prompted several stories built around the theme of...

February 14, 2013

Turkson wouldn’t be first African pope

Yesterday morning a Lutheran friend sent me an email joking that he was "off Team...

February 12, 2013

Godbeat 101: Localizing the pope resignation story

For a newspaper junkie, one of the joys of the digital age is being able...

February 12, 2013

Day 2: Pope still extremely Catholic

I hope everyone is having a blast with Day 2 of Papalpalooza. I've actually enjoyed...

February 12, 2013

Alas, next pope will probably defend same old doctrines

So here is an interesting journalism question for this digital age: What do we do...

February 11, 2013

AP frames Benedict XVI in some warped timeframes

On one level, I am rather disappointed to note that the editors at the Associated...

February 11, 2013

Early media failures in B16 resignation story

Well that's not the news I expected to wake up to! Pope Benedict has announced...

February 11, 2013

Gay marriage and golf

Little news of the gay marriage debate in the French National Assembly has made its...

February 10, 2013

Cardinal Dolan dares to tweak the NYTimes

If you've paid attention to religion news at all in recent days, you probably know...

February 09, 2013

Lo! A better-than-average Womenpriests story

Your GetReligionistas, as the divine Mrs. MZ once stressed, are way, way, way past the...

February 07, 2013

Boy Scouts, Mormons and CNN’s tabloid-style ‘reporting’

Let's face it: Most of the mainstream media coverage of the Boy Scouts of America's...

February 06, 2013

Ghosts crowding in on drone stories

If I weren't so sick I would have already done this but in the days...

February 04, 2013

News flash! Pastors preach different sermons on sex!

The Associated Press carried a story the other day that made a very interesting --...

February 04, 2013

Running the White House spin on HHS regulations

If news is ever going to break on your beat, it will break on Friday...

February 03, 2013

Pod people: Making progress on abortion coverage

In this week's Crossroads podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discussed the good and bad...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

We don’t have a free press. Discuss.

With the headline "Stupid Press, Stupid People: Non-Reporting the March for Life," you know Anthony...

January 30, 2013

No sex please, we’re Catholic

The perils of re-writing another news outlet's work were on full display this week in...

January 29, 2013

Gays, Boy Scouts and the religion angle

I've been swamped with my regular job the last few days, so I have not...

January 28, 2013

Savvy PR firm scores NYTimes coup against March For Life

We've received quite a few complaints about the religion angle the New York Times chose...

January 28, 2013

Foot-long subs vs. March For Life

The Associated Press has a Twitter feed with nearly 1.6 million followers. Those followers received...

January 27, 2013

How to write a bland story about the March For Life

As expected, the journalists at The Washington Post were pretty careful with their coverage of...

January 25, 2013

Time for the “March for Life” media debate (updated)

It's that time again -- time for the annual debate about media bias in mainstream...

January 22, 2013

So what did Cardinal Mahony believe, really?

The news out of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is painful and stunning, especially for...

January 21, 2013

Stan Musial wore his faith on his sleeve

As news of St. Louis Cardinal great Stan Musial's death spread, Rocco Palmo tweeted: As...

January 16, 2013

A sexual abuse story, complete with a rare glimpse of faith

As strange as it sounds, the goal of this post is to praise The Los...

January 15, 2013

I’ve been named a PBS reporter!

This story came to my attention via the great, seemingly omnipresent Rocco Palmo, who tweeted...

January 15, 2013

Hey Telegraph editors: Where’s the Catholic left?

One thing is certain, the facts boldly stated in the headline at The Telegraph are...

January 12, 2013

Pod people: You will know us by the trail of scare quotes

This week's "Crossroads" podcast with host Todd Wilken was recorded much earlier in the week....

January 11, 2013

Affirm homosexuality now … or else

Washington Post Book World fiction editor Ron Charles tweeted out this morning: Changing times: Gay...