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August 2013

August 19, 2013

Missing half of America’s changing ecumenical landscape

A long, long, long time ago I covered a press conference featuring leaders of the...

August 19, 2013

AP badly flubs Catholic teaching

The media's obsession with sexualityism is somehow getting even more pronounced. We have a backlog...

August 14, 2013

It’s hard to be a saint in the city

I recently cataloged about 1,000 of my 1,300 or so vinyl records (the classical music...

August 11, 2013

The missing faith angle in the Catholic charity story

Having grown up in a large Catholic family that volunteered at her church, a former...

August 08, 2013

Not that there’s anything wrong with that …

Not that there's anything wrong with that ... A front-page Los Angeles Times headline this...

August 07, 2013

The curious incident of the Catholic school in the L.A. Times

In one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Silver Blaze, the clue that led...

August 04, 2013

Pod People: CBS asks if Pope is breaking with Vatican

The previous week gave us a lot to talk about here at GetReligion. Check out...

August 03, 2013

Round II: The LATimes ignores Supremes, covenant too

There were quite a few logical journalistic questions to ask after my post about the...

August 02, 2013

Yes or no: This school has a Catholic doctrinal covenant?

Let's start with an informal quiz. Raise your hand if you think it would be...

August 02, 2013

NPR: true tolerance=open marriages

I'm just catching up on some email but last week a former reporter submitted a...

August 01, 2013

Locking the two popes into one flawed news template

As has been our practice since day one, your GetReligionistas rarely write posts about editorials,...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Time out for all California sexual-abuse cases?

It's time for a quick dip into tmatt's massive file of GetReligion guilt, the cyber-place...

July 31, 2013

The ghost in Bud Day’s obituary

Of the many wonderful parts of the New York Times, my favorite is the obituary...

July 30, 2013

Pope Francis’ 1st miracle: media coverage of mercy

A day after Popocalypse 2013 happened, we have the actual transcript of the remarks that...

July 30, 2013

Concerning theological Swiss Army knives (think chaplains)

In the world of church-state studies, few puzzles are as tough to crack as those...

July 29, 2013

Media obsession dangers: Pope and gay priests edition

Ermagerd, everybody! The Pope has renounced all church teaching on everything! Stop the presses! Start...

July 28, 2013

When lawsuits attack, Catholic edition

A few weeks ago, a lawsuit in Nevada made news because it revolved around alleged...

July 27, 2013

Pod people: About those photo ops in Brazil’s slums

Here a photo op, there a photo op, everywhere a papal photo op. The question...

July 25, 2013

Hearing Francis through the ears of politics

We believe only what we want to believe, George Orwell observed in 1945. "So far...

July 24, 2013

Uncovering part of those church modesty debates

As I have mentioned many times here at GetReligion, Deacon Greg Kandra's blog "The Deacon's...

July 23, 2013

Pope trip: Time to play ‘spot the political sound bite’

The pope is abroad. This means, of course, that it is time to look at...

July 23, 2013

Pod people: Indulgences & WYD in The Guardian

Coverage in The Guardian, the Catholic doctrine of purgatory and the editorial board of The...

July 18, 2013

Media: Pope says retweets spring the soul!

You may have read stories about the Vatican announcing that Roman Catholics may earn time...

July 17, 2013

Boy Scouts: Hollywood vs. some vague army of Americans

On one level, the recent Reuters "special report" on the financial issues haunting the 10,600-acre...

July 16, 2013

NPR misses the symbolism — and reality — of Jane Roe

NPR had a story on the Texas legislature passing what journalists usually call "sweeping abortion...

July 14, 2013

NY Times gets religion … in Rome!

The New York Times published a lengthy travel piece with tons of religion in it....

July 12, 2013

Big tests for media’s abortion message machine

Someone on Twitter noticed something illuminating about mainstream media coverage of social issues that's worth...

July 11, 2013

Public esteem for journalists sinking. Why?

I'm not ashamed to say that I love journalism. I'm elated that I get to...

July 10, 2013

What The Economist Gets Wrong About Calvinist Baptists

Today is the 504th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin (July 10, 1509) --...

July 08, 2013

Can we get some historical context on the canonized popes?

If you're elected Bishop of Rome, you join one of the world's most exclusive lists....