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July 2013

July 23, 2013

Pope trip: Time to play ‘spot the political sound bite’

The pope is abroad. This means, of course, that it is time to look at...

July 22, 2013

The controversial mind and Lebanese soul of Helen Thomas

As I have mentioned before here at GetReligion, at the time of the Sept. 11...

July 22, 2013

Can’t headline writers and reporters get on the same page?

We live in an age of unprecedented communications technology. With access to cell phones, Skype,...

July 20, 2013

Some RNS cheerleading for gay marriage

A poor outing from Religion News Service this week in its article about the passage...

July 16, 2013

Who’s afraid of les jeunes of France?

Nick: Are you all right? Honey: Of course, dear. I just want to put some...

July 14, 2013

NY Times gets religion … in Rome!

The New York Times published a lengthy travel piece with tons of religion in it....

July 12, 2013

Muhammad marketing mishaps in Sydney

I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening, All over this land, I'd...

July 09, 2013

The Independent rings for the Church Police

Son: (Graham Chapman, coming in the door) 'Ello Mum. 'Ello Dad. Klaus: (Eric Idle) 'Ello...

July 09, 2013

Doing the bloody math in emerging civil war in Egypt

It appears that some members of the mainstream press are beginning to do the hard,...

July 06, 2013

A Newtown massacre in Nigeria, with ghosts

Absolutely horrific news out of Nigeria today. From the Associated Press: POTISKUM, Nigeria — Islamic...

July 05, 2013

Watching for ghosts in the news flashes from Egypt

A few journalistic thoughts while I continue to watch the waves of news coverage rolling...

July 03, 2013

BBC silence on honor killings and Islam

The BBC reports three Pakistani women were murdered by a member of their family for...

July 01, 2013

There’s more to Egypt’s pain than secularism vs. religion

Many GetReligion readers have, I am sure, spent some time today following the urgent news...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

Ghosts of Volhynia

L'Italia è fatta. Restano da fare gli italiani. ... We have made Italy. Now we...

June 26, 2013

Reuters engages in papal Kremlinology

Pope Francis did not attend a musical gala last Saturday evening at the Vatican due...

June 24, 2013

The Age gives ex-gay ministries a fair hearing

There was a man bites dog story in the Australian press that caught my eye...

June 24, 2013

Attention liberals: Blasphemy cases on the rise in Egypt

As I have said numerous times, I cannot imagine how hard it must be to...

June 20, 2013

Pod people: Vatican gay lobby or a gay Lobby?

Where should the stress be placed in Pope Francis' phrase the "gay lobby"? Upon the...

June 18, 2013

Put not your trust in Huffington Post headlines

I know a maiden fair to see, Take care! She can both false and friendly...

June 16, 2013

Are gay blinkers distorting the New York Times on Vatican?

The New York Times is shocked, shocked to hear Pope Francis say there is a...

June 15, 2013

Hurrah: CNN names some of the ghosts in Gezi Park

The coverage of events in Turkey roll on and on and the mainstream press continues...

June 14, 2013

Got news? Is a global ‘war on Christianity’ newsworthy?

Would it be newsworthy if a U.S. Senator claimed in a public address that American...

June 14, 2013

RNS blames Catholics for Anglican ecumenical ills

Opinion presented as fact dominates several stories in the run up to today's meeting of...

June 13, 2013

Child euthanasia in the European press

A front page story in the Monday edition of the Brussels's daily De Morgen on a...

June 12, 2013

Secular and religious symbols lost in many Turkey reports

I have been reading the mainstream coverage of the events unfolding in Turkey from the...

June 11, 2013

Bali, bikinis, Miss World and fear of Islam’s ‘extremist fringe’

I would like to ask a journalistic question and I want to stress that this...

June 09, 2013

Tintin and the Catholic Charismatics

The story so far ... Intrepid reporter Tintin, accompanied by his faithful fox terrier Snowy, has...

June 04, 2013

We’ve found the next enemy: adoptive families

When my husband and I began the adoption process, we had no idea how controversial...

June 03, 2013

AP not sweating details on stories

A reader passed along this gem from the Associated Press that begins: SAN FRANCISCO DE...

June 03, 2013

Normalizing nihilism: Euthanasia and the Daily Mirror

A story in Thursday's Daily Mirror about the first English patient suffering from dementia to...