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March 2013

March 28, 2013

Got news? Egyptian Copts tortured for some strange reason

Yes, I know that we're talking about a report on Fox News. That fact alone,...

March 27, 2013

Who believes what in Egypt’s debates about rape?

Let me be honest here and say what I truly want to say about the...

March 26, 2013

Polyamory, pessimism and other same-sex marriage ink

After years of pointing out how unbelievably unprofessional the journalism of same-sex marriage coverage was,...

March 23, 2013

Francis coverage unfair to atheists?

And now for something completely different in the coverage of the election of Pope Francis...

March 21, 2013

Hey CNN: Ghosts in the ties that bind Cyprus and Russia

So I'm sitting in a restaurant eating my lunch and, up on the wall, the...

March 20, 2013

Did ‘the’ leader of the Orthodox attend the Rome rites?

So, let's assume that you are a Catholic leader and you pick up your morning...

March 18, 2013

Ssssshhh! Conservative Catholics may exist at Georgetown

When the news broke about the election of the first Jesuit pope, several on-air commentators...

March 17, 2013

Pod people: Did you hear? There is a new pope!

You will be shocked, shocked, need I say SHOCKED to know that this week's "Crossroads"...

March 16, 2013

Inside the conclave: Personal news vs. political news

Let's flash back, for a moment, to the early stages of the tsunami of papal...

March 14, 2013

Pope Francis on Page 1: Best and worst of local reax

It's another great day to be a newspaper junkie who enjoys checking out front pages...

March 14, 2013

A press litany: Will Pope Francis just hold that Vatican line?

As always, the gospel according to The New York Times -- in an early version...

March 13, 2013

Yes! Pope Francis is not from Europe! (updated)

All together now: Raise your hands if you wanted to throw something at the television...

March 13, 2013

Dudes with red hats deadlocked on pope winner

The religion news world remains on pope watch, awaiting the selection of Benedict XVI's successor....

March 13, 2013

Benedict XVI yearned for return to the old Catholic Europe?

Does anyone remember why the powerful Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger selected the name Benedict XVI when...

March 11, 2013

Womenpriests: Press coverage in a familiar, strange mold

To be honest with you, I feel like taking a short break from the Vatican...

March 11, 2013

Jesus, the Mahdi and Hugo Chavez

A note of condolence written by Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, upon the death of Venezuelan strongman...

March 08, 2013

All the anonymous Vatican voices in the Gray Lady

At this point in the conclave process, I'm sure that millions of liberal Catholics are...

March 07, 2013

The high cost of waiting for the action in Rome

Friends, Romans and other anxious news consumers, some of you may not have seen the...

March 05, 2013

Free the cardinals!

Yesterday tmatt asked readers to submit links to papal coverage that was particularly good or...

March 04, 2013

That minister of humor unloads on the pope coverage

The thought for the day and, perhaps, for the next week or two, care of...

February 2013

February 24, 2013

Where’s the faith content in these sex scandals?

On one level, that New York Times feature story on the fall of Msgr. Kevn...

February 21, 2013

Catholic yes to yoga?

I have been waiting for the American press to pick up an article found in...

February 16, 2013

Westernized Zen and the art of hiding sexual abuse

So many details will sound terribly familiar. At the heart of the news story is...

February 15, 2013

Pod people: Pope steps down; many journalists fall down

Gentle readers, one cannot make some of this stuff up. So, everyone knows that Pope...

February 12, 2013

Alas, next pope will probably defend same old doctrines

So here is an interesting journalism question for this digital age: What do we do...

February 11, 2013

AP frames Benedict XVI in some warped timeframes

On one level, I am rather disappointed to note that the editors at the Associated...

February 11, 2013

Early media failures in B16 resignation story

Well that's not the news I expected to wake up to! Pope Benedict has announced...

February 10, 2013

Cardinal Dolan dares to tweak the NYTimes

If you've paid attention to religion news at all in recent days, you probably know...

February 08, 2013

Covering opposition to syncretism in a syncretized world

There is nothing more fun about being a confessional Lutheran than explaining our position on...

February 06, 2013

Rape and religion in Israel

Here's a proposition for GetReligion readers: The quality of a news article should be measured...