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December 2012

December 18, 2012

Dancing alone in that D.C. Franciscan hermitage?

Back in my Rocky Mountain News days, I covered an ecumenical gathering in Boulder, Colo.,...

December 17, 2012

Coming soon to a TV near you: ‘The Bible’

It only took 2,000-plus years, but 'The Bible" is making news. Seriously, both USA Today and...

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 16, 2012

So, ‘broader societal problems’ in Newtown, or not?

It goes without saying that the GetReligion crew has been closely watching the coverage of...

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 13, 2012

Tiny little news stories about booming Diocese of Orange

The Diocese of Orange -- as in Orange County -- has a new leader, Bishop...

December 12, 2012

Generic Armenians fleeing Syria for no particular reason

For news consumers who are closely following events on the ground in Syria, especially those...

December 11, 2012

A young, dying heart and the prayers of JPII

News reports that involve claims of the miraculous can get a bit messy (as we...

December 10, 2012

Yahoo! asks Robert Griffin III a rather obvious question

The big news here in Washington, D.C., (other than the mysteries of the U.S. Supreme...

December 04, 2012

For some reason, someone forgave someone else

If someone took your child's life, would you forgive the killer? Renee Napier did. But...

December 03, 2012

Pod people: Can the MSM find centrists in gay-rights wars?

As a journalist, there are few things that I find more interesting than listening to...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

One tragic, haunted, story about a dead streetwalker

Every now and then, The Washington Post focuses quite a bit of talent and effort...

November 28, 2012

Sandra Fluke, Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ and tender stories

Time magazine is doing its annual PR blitz for its "Person of the Year." After...

November 27, 2012

Times tries to pin a label on Dorothy Day (updated)

Back in the early 1990s, I had a chance to interview the late Father Ellwood...

November 27, 2012

Going off-script: Angus Jones zaps ‘Two and a Half Men’

First things first. I sincerely hope that you've never had the displeasure of watching the...

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 21, 2012

On women bishops: Who voted ‘no’ and why?

To the shock of legions of mainstream reporters, the Church of England fell just short...

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 19, 2012

The murder of Shaima Alawadi and media credulousness

I mentioned the story of Shaima Al Awadhi the other day. (Previous coverage here, here...

November 18, 2012

Honest teen meets an orthodox Catholic priest

Two decades ago, while I was serving as the religion writer for The Charlotte News...

November 15, 2012

Got news? Obama as Antichrist prequel draws silence

Man oh man do I feel conflicted writing this post. Let me state, right up...

November 10, 2012

When Bible Belt atheists go to church

A church service for atheists? Really!? Here in my home own state of Oklahoma, that's...

November 08, 2012

What is this “American Catholic Church,” anyway?

What we have here is kind of a Son of the WomenPriests story -- with...

November 06, 2012

And for the Copts, the winner is … the winner is?

First things first: I would like to stress that, while I am a member of...

November 05, 2012

Another visit with the usual “ex-gay” suspects

It's a question that I always know I will hear after a lecture on the...

November 01, 2012

Missing some fundamental facts on Obama and faith

A week or so ago, I wrote a Scripps Howard News Service column about the...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

An NBA rookie’s favorite (missing) Bible verse

It's time for another season in the National Basketball Association, which is another one of...

October 29, 2012

Hurricanes and political storms, near my desk in D.C.

A long time ago (in digital terms), back at the beginning of this here weblog,...

October 25, 2012

Democrats, Jesus and deer hunting in the GOP Sunbelt

For starters, as a culturally conservative Democrat who loved his years in Tennessee (and plans...

October 24, 2012

The Sun mourns death of a liberal priest

It's a question that journalists debate from time to time in major newsrooms: To what...