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October 2013

October 28, 2013

LA Times offers a gentle, shallow Catholic health-care story

I was encouraged, and a bit surprised, that the editorial team at The Los Angeles...

October 26, 2013

Got news? Has Kristallnacht come to the Middle East?

There was always an important, yet unstated, idea at the heart of the "On Faith"...

October 24, 2013

A Pope Francis story, from the other side of the notebook

Like many GetReligion readers, I was somewhat rattled by that recent Washington Post story about...

October 23, 2013

The Coptic ghost in those potential flights from Egypt

Let's start with a few journalistic questions. Am I surprised that The New York Times...

October 21, 2013

The BBC and the perils of press releases

The BBC's internet news division stumbled badly this week in its initial report on a...

October 18, 2013

Lost in mobs, fire, guns and ink: Is Christ of Sinai safe?

What is the Mona Lisa worth? At the time of their destruction by the Taliban,...

October 18, 2013

Pod people: Are Christians crazy, or just stupid?

There is little new under the sun when it comes to anti-theistic arguments. Whether it...

October 16, 2013

Logic! What are they teaching at the NYTimes copy desk?

Let's carefully think our way -- one step at a time -- through this rather...

October 15, 2013

Pay no attention to Rand Paul (or Christian persecution!)

A Washington Post Politics news blog on Senator Rand Paul's appearance before the Value Voters...

October 11, 2013

Memories of Jack Spong (as opposed to hagiography)

Many years had elapsed during which nothing of Combray, save what was comprised in the...

October 10, 2013

Lost in translation – AFP and the Seventh-day Adventists

Reports on the exorcism trial currently underway in Paris suburb of Essonne cast an interesting...

October 07, 2013

Unforced Anglican errors from The Telegraph

The Telegraph has waded into the waters of international Anglican affairs -- and I'm afraid...

October 04, 2013

Pod people: Deja vu on global persecution of Christians

As a rule, I don't discuss the contents of one of my new Scripps Howard...

October 04, 2013

Sarajevo census blues

"Context is king" is a catch phrase that summarizes the critique offered in many of...

October 04, 2013

Economist, New York Times tailor pope to their notions

One of the fascinating things about Pope Francis is the apparent mad rush among mainstream...

October 02, 2013

LATimes looks at Egypt; sees only signs of Islamic life

Over the past two years, your GetReligionistas have frequently urged (one example here) journalists to...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

To use or not to use: Journalists and the word ‘Islam’

Do you ever get the impression, when reading mainstream news stories, that some editors have...

September 30, 2013

Der Spiegel and the cutting question of circumcision

The issue of circumcision has returned to Germany's newspapers -- and the manner in which...

September 28, 2013

Der Spiegel: Never let a good @Pontifex go to waste

The clear differences in the style of Pope Francis as opposed to his predecessors, both...

September 26, 2013

Got news? Pope Francis speaks — this time the media blink

It's safe to assume that, at this moment in time, Pope Francis is a rock...

September 26, 2013

Praying Jews flock to the Temple Mount; world notices

If there is a "Ground Zero" for the world's three Abrahamic religions -- Judaism, Christianity...

September 25, 2013

God, guns but not gays from The Independent

Hypocrisy pays. Reading about the foibles of the great and good, the rich and famous...

September 23, 2013

Nairobi: Recite this confession of faith and live

The hellish events in Nairobi's Westgate Premier Shopping Mall continue to unfold under the digital...

September 23, 2013

Triumph of the stringer in the Nairobi massacre coverage

African reporters are coming into their own with the stories coming out of Kenya this...

September 22, 2013

Terrorists shred faithful at generic Pakistani church

Yesterday was Kenya and, of course, the killing there isn't over yet. Today, there is...

September 21, 2013

Religious facts in the slaughter in upscale Nairobi mall

Based on the mainstream media reports pouring out of Kenya, it's clear that the terrorist...

September 17, 2013

Holy scandal! Is sipping holy water really dangerous?

OK! OK! I yield to all of you who sent me the link to that...

September 17, 2013

Pope not Catholic reports The Independent

The Independent is reporting that Pope Francis is a heretic. More precisely The Independent has...

September 11, 2013

Pod people: How not to write an attack piece

On one long winter workday in camp, as I was lugging a wheelbarrow together with...

September 11, 2013

AFP gives Maalula its due

It was my intention today to look at religion news coverage of the anniversary of...