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September 2013

September 30, 2013

The pope, the media and balance on pro-life ministries

It was the telephone call heard around the world, because the pope made the call....

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Rather faith-free WPost story about ministry to the hungry

As happens about this time every summer, tmatt headed to the Southern Highlands to take...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

The life and Times of John McCandlish Phillips

The word on the Brooklyn streets in 1959 was that a crazy preacher from Pennsylvania...

April 15, 2013

Old religion-beat questions linger, even after 25 years

Every year or so, editors are asked to sit patiently while market researchers dissect thick...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

‘Tis this pope’s gift to be simple

The rise of Pope Francis has certainly raised new questions for Vatican watchers, such as:...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Why Chuck Colson spent Easter in prison

It wasn't the typical Bible text for an Easter sermon, but the preacher knew what...

April 23, 2012

2012: It’s religion news deja vu

The late, great Associated Press religion reporter George Cornell noticed a striking pattern as he...

April 02, 2012

BBC leader says race trumps religion

The full-page New York Times advertisement by the Freedom From Religion Foundation was certainly blunt...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

God and The New York Times, once again

When it comes to the daily news, the recently retired editor of The New York...

September 2011

September 12, 2011

Bill Keller vs. the religious aliens

Less than a year after 9/11, a New York Times columnist stunned the newspaper's remaining...

May 2011

May 16, 2011

Define fundamentalist, please

Few hot-button, "fighting words" are tossed around with wilder abandon in journalism today than the...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Dylan does his Dylan thing in China

The drama that unfolded in Beijing began when police evicted the unregistered Shouwang "house church"...

August 2010

August 02, 2010

A Catholicism fit for journalists?

Editor's note: This past week, tmatt took a vacation to a site with no telephone...

April 2010

April 26, 2010

State of the online Godbeat 2010

For journalists who care about life on the Godbeat, the list of the dead and...

January 2010

January 18, 2010

How Evangelicals Talk 101

There she goes again. According to a top strategist in the presidential campaign of Sen....

January 11, 2010

The holy terror of religion news

Journalists at the Newhouse News Service bureau in Washington, D.C., learned to appreciate the sound...

December 2009

December 28, 2009

Xmas is fake, so deal with it

As the Christmas pageant dress rehearsal rolled to its bold finale, reporter Hank Stuever found...

November 2009

November 23, 2009

Palin’s pastor meets the press

The Sunday service had just ended and the Rev. Larry Kroon couldn't believe what he...

November 09, 2009

Archbishop kicks Gray Lady

Maureen Dowd of the New York Times has long enjoyed flaunting her Catholic schoolgirl pedigree...

October 2009

October 19, 2009

The Word according to Tim Tebow

After being knocked halfway to kingdom come, Tim Tebow knew that millions of college football...

September 2009

September 28, 2009

Define ‘devout,’ please

The recent obituaries celebrating the career of nationally syndicated horoscope columnist Linda C. Black included...

August 2009

August 17, 2009

Wafer madness

Editor's note: Tmatt did not write a column for Scripps Howard this week, due to...

July 2009

July 27, 2009

Why journalists (heart) the Episcopal Church

On a typical Sunday, 4,281 Episcopalians attend services in the world-famous Diocese of New Hampshire,...

June 2009

June 08, 2009

Religion ghosts in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine -- Merely saying the forest's name -- Bykivnya -- can cause strong emotions...

November 2008

November 19, 2008

When journalists don’t get religion

Richard N. Ostling has never gotten used to seeing journalists commit sins of omission and...

August 2008

August 20, 2008

Who gets to ‘reform’ what?

Believe it or not, Terry Mattingly is on a working vacation and took the week off...

June 2007

June 06, 2007

Vast right-wing media conspiracy

When it comes to covering religion news, the mainstream American press is a vast right-wing...

July 2006

July 26, 2006

PG or not PG?

When it comes to "Facing the Giants," the one thing the players in Hollywood and...

May 2006

May 17, 2006

Rosenthal refused to remain silent

During his decades as a New York Times correspondent, the late A.M. Rosenthal saw lots...

April 2006

April 12, 2006

Year 17 — Reporters, crow’s ears, Karma Light nuns

The Vatican is known its complex rituals, rich in ancient symbols and mysterious details. Take,...