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May 2014

May 22, 2014

NPR asks Vatican experts to discuss hopes of the Orthodox

Try to imagine a story about crucial, tense talks between Democrats and Republicans that only...

May 22, 2014

No ghosts in WSJ’s thorough report on Nigerian bombings

Last week, I criticized a front-page Wall Street Journal profile of a Nigerian terror group...

May 19, 2014

How to ‘make sense’ of a Muslim ‘atrocity’?

MICHAEL’S QUESTION: As a “religious pluralist,” Michael needs to “somehow make sense of the seemingly...

May 19, 2014

Persecution in India: It matters only if it’s about Muslims

Nice to know the New York Times cares so much about religious freedom in India...

May 16, 2014

About those Nigerian Christian girls, chanting in Arabic

As I have said many times, I have no idea how foreign correspondents do the...

May 16, 2014

Reuters: On apostasy and the death penalty in Islam

A 27-year-old woman, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, has been sentenced to death for the crime of...

May 15, 2014

WSJ profiles Nigerian terrorist with no mention of ‘Christians’

Is there a religion angle on the heartbreaking story of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls? Of...

May 14, 2014

Missing elements in NYTimes marital rape report from India

Marriage was a hot topic this week in the Indian press following rulings by two...

May 14, 2014

Shock: Russian Orthodoxy gives drag queen thumbs down

Dear GetReligion readers: Some of you wrote to say that you wanted to know what...

May 12, 2014

So #bringbackourgirls is finally a news story! Why now?

At this point, the kidnapped girls in Nigeria are officially "A News Story," which means...

May 07, 2014

Yes, it’s crucial that Boko Haram kills and tortures Muslims

Yes, we need to focus on Nigeria and Boko ("books") Haram ("forbidden"). Again. Why? Why...

May 05, 2014

Mystery solved? Has NYTimes seen light on Boko Haram?

There may be some news for GetReligion readers who have been following the "mysterious" case...

May 02, 2014

It’s not hard! WPost offers some crucial Boko Haram facts

In the past month or two, I have been really, really hard on the editors...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

Is Mehmet Ali Agca crazy or just a bad Catholic?

The upcoming canonizations of Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II have generated some very...

April 25, 2014

Buddhists boldly bully buzzed Brits

The obnoxious Englishman abroad is a well loved story in the British press. The opprobrium...

April 23, 2014

Some compelling religion stories from Easter front pages

Fittingly, stories of rebirth and renewal made their way to many newspaper front pages on...

April 18, 2014

What does it mean to be transgendered in India?

Is it possible to write intelligently about sex in the non-Western world for an American...

April 17, 2014

Two forgiveness stories that are worth your time

Forgiveness has been making a lot of headlines lately, at least it seems to me....

April 16, 2014

Vox.com offers a few basic facts about Boko Haram tactics

Twice in the past month or so, I have been pretty rough on the editors...

April 16, 2014

Francis links abortion with abuse, yet press doesn’t follow

The Italian press has placed an interesting interpretation on Pope Francis' Friday comments on the...

April 15, 2014

That ‘mysterious’ NYTimes stance on Boko Haram

Here we go again. There has been another horrific act of violence in Nigeria with...

April 13, 2014

Pod people: So what could reporters cover during Lent?

Long, long ago, back at the beginning of Lent, I put up a post that...

April 11, 2014

So who is Stephen Colbert really? Maybe ask a priest?

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive A decade ago, when...

April 09, 2014

The final days march past: Was there any news in Lent 2014?

Let's face it folks. There is a very real possibility that this posts exists as...

April 08, 2014

Ghosts in story on Catholic schools: real or imagined?

I’m intrigued. That’s my reaction after reading a front-page New York Times story this week...

April 08, 2014

Baby boomers and (some) traditions for ‘green’ funerals

The other day I wrote a post noting that, in addition to sex, drugs and...

April 07, 2014

Did Pope Francis have to go to confession?

RACHAEL ASKS: Who does the pope go to if he has to go to confession...

April 02, 2014

Archbishop sells his fancy digs; NYTimes digs a bit deeper

What we have here is a very solid New York Times story about a somewhat...

April 01, 2014

The obvious gap in that NYTimes report on sexual abuse

Almost a year ago, The New York Times launched a series of web-only video-and-text features...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

World Vision’s gay firestorm and A.D. 2064

PAUL ASKS: (Regarding the World Vision relief agency deciding U.S. employees can live in same-sex...