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March 2014

March 24, 2014

Why did some ancient religions fall and others rise?

MADDIE ASKS: What caused ancient religions to become less prevalent? THE RELIGION GUY ANSWERS: Our...

March 20, 2014

Memory eternal: Metropolitan Philip’s life was a story

Anyone who has worked on the religion beat for more than, well, a week knows...

March 17, 2014

Is it legal to let St. Patrick be St. Patrick? (Plus MZ zinger)

I guess that the crucial question -- at this moment in time -- is whether...

March 17, 2014

Seeking “Help!” on five venerable world religions

JAEDE ASKS: I need to know the founder, area of the world it’s in, what...

March 16, 2014

Dominican posts handy guide to Pope Francis press myths

Every now and then a scribe at some other weblog (and we're not just talking...

March 12, 2014

Good news: Generic nuns released in Syria!

For three months now, members of my parish just south of Baltimore have been praying...

March 12, 2014

Concerning that gathering called by the Ecumenical Patriarch

"Journalism is the first rough draft of history," according to a famous quote by publisher...

March 10, 2014

Could the pope of Rome ever be Jewish?

ELIZABETH ASKS: Isn’t it possible for the Pope to be Jewish? And if the Catholic...

March 05, 2014

Attention NYTimes: Boko Haram has made its goals clear

There is much to commend in the recent New York Times report that ran under...

March 03, 2014

Sharp reporting exposes anti-Israel PCUSA study

I once made a Presbyterian leader sputter. Didn’t mean to. I just asked a question...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Got news? A Baptist emerges as acting president of Ukraine

The news rolls on in Ukraine, with leaders of the opposition attempting to get some...

February 25, 2014

Yo, Globe: Why settle for fog when you have a better option?

So I had a meeting the other day with a former GetReligionista and, within minutes,...

February 10, 2014

How to cover the Mormons, England and religious liberty

It goes without saying that Godbeat veteran Peggy Fletcher Stack of the Salt Lake City...

February 06, 2014

Were there any ghosts in the Rosenberg diary? You think?

First things first: Anyone who is interested in history, especially the history of the ideas...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Read this story and weep! But ask a few more questions

Every now and then, I receive private emails, or emails sent through our contact link,...

January 29, 2014

Got news? Prayers and poetry in the Ukraine standoff

The daily march of the headlines from Kiev continues. The other day, I offered up...

January 15, 2014

Whoa! Was John Kerry being too messianic or Messianic?

Holy dictionary! Talk about leaving a crucial term in a story undefined, unexplained, unattributed or...

January 11, 2014

NYTimes mostly ‘gets it’ on German schools and Islam

A few days ago, George Conger took to this space to "bury" The New York Times...

January 09, 2014

News flash! AP ends the Great Schism of 1054!

Many moons ago -- just under a quarter of a century -- I covered a...

January 08, 2014

What? The press overlooked key Catholic stories in 2013?

First of all, I would like to stress that I had already decided, several days...

January 01, 2014

Happy (religious) New Year, all year long, age after age

THE GUY EXPLAINS: Lacking a specific question from a reader, The Guy takes on his...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Pod people: What was top 2013 story for Pope Francis?

I am sure that GetReligion readers will be shocked, shocked to know that the Godbeat...

December 26, 2013

Pope addresses world peace AND persecution (again)

Covering speeches is tricky, I tell the students in my reporting classes. A good public...

December 21, 2013

That oh-so-predictable CNN article on ducks and doctrine

So color me confused. At the moment, CNN is hailing this article -- "Does Phil...

December 18, 2013

Ghosts in those one-sided reports about victims in Syria

Rare is the day that I do not receive at least one or two emails...

December 17, 2013

UK’s Telegraph finds atheists in Florida — film at 11

Here's a shocker: America is becoming more secular, atheism is on the rise and --...

December 16, 2013

WPost hints at religious ghosts in India’s rape crisis

Several years ago, during a tour to promote The Media Project book called "Blind Spot:...

December 11, 2013

On Pope Francis: What matters most is, ‘Who am I to judge?’

Pope Francis has been warned. The powers that be at Time magazine have named him...

December 09, 2013

Vote now! Time serves up correction of the year (updated)

It may be the religion-beat question of the year. So all together now: Why is...

December 05, 2013

RNS: It’s no rumor; Turks want Hagia Sophia as a mosque

Talk about a trip into my guilt file. I just did a quick search in...