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February 2013

February 11, 2013

Gay marriage and golf

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

February 04, 2013

The New York Times’ Conservative love affair

The New York Times may not love American conservatives, but they are certainly enamored with...

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 30, 2013

How PR attempt against Life Marchers played out at MSNBC

Earlier this week, I looked at how a PR push from a progressive group called...

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 23, 2013

The ghost of abortion in adoption stories

Like many Americans, I've been developing an interest in Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the San...

January 19, 2013

India and rape: Spotting some tricky ghosts

In about 99 percent of the mainstream news reports you will ever read about India...

January 17, 2013

Sydney Morning Herald has a problem with religious freedom

It is only two weeks into the new year, but I believe we may have...

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

Hey Telegraph editors: Where’s the Catholic left?

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

January 13, 2013

Spot the ghost: An X factor for QB Russell Wilson?

While things are not going very well in his second playoff game with the Seattle...

January 10, 2013

Missing voices in coverage of the National Cathedral rites

For some reason or another, quite a few folks who read this here weblog want...

January 04, 2013

Symbolic defeat for a Christian business in Maryland

After spending more than a week on the road, I returned home -- as always...

January 03, 2013

Excellent video journalism, or, seeing crucifixes on walls

A journalist I greatly admire shared this video, mentioning it was from the New York...

January 02, 2013

Washington Post finds ghost in Russian adoption ban

Now that my husband and I hope to bring more children into our family through...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Shocker! Liberal clergy back gay rites! (updated)

What we have here is a totally predictable story, to an almost stunning degree. It's...

December 21, 2012

Got news? White House vs. Little Sisters of the Poor

From coast to coast, the lawyers of religious groups and charities can almost quote the...

December 17, 2012

So a rabbi and a priest and 20 parents walk into hell

So, how many GetReligion readers will be able to forget watching the Robbie Parker press...

December 14, 2012

How to bury a link to the Catholic scandal of this age

Anyone who has followed the mainstream media's coverage of the Catholic Church over the past...

December 09, 2012

Pod people: Same-sex marriage on the march

On this week's "Crossroads" podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discussed Dave Brubeck's sacred music...

December 08, 2012

On same-sex marriage: What is the chief justice thinking?

People who study the dynamics of this U.S. Supreme Court have, from the get-go, assumed...

December 07, 2012

Should churches, left or right, serve as polling places?

Anyone who knows anything about the at times dangerous dance between politics and religion in...

December 03, 2012

Unbridled yearning for same-sex marriage

One of the big stories last week was whether the Supreme Court would hear cases...

December 01, 2012

Covering Catholics who are more like ‘Catholics’

GetReligion readers may recall the case of young Lennon Cihak, who -- at the very...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Quote of the year on Catholics and American politics

I don't know how you feel about anonymous quotes, but, as a rule, I am...

November 23, 2012

Puritans lacked an Object for their Thanksgivings?

As of the moment I started writing this post, the following headlines graced -- if...

November 19, 2012

CNN on the superstar Stanleys: The ties that blind

Suffice it to say that I started working my way onto the religion-news beat in...

November 14, 2012

Shock: Bishops decide to defend Catholic tradition!

OK, let's deal with some basic questions about Catholic bishops and politics. In terms of...