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Flooding the papal coverage zone

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We’ve certainly seen some abysmally bad religion news coverage ever since Pope Benedict XVI announced he was stepping down. But we’ve also seen some absolutely fantastic coverage. (Before we continue, please note the wording on this image — “Specializes in pastoral work, an important skill as Pope.” Funny, no?)


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

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It’s another great day to be a newspaper junkie who enjoys checking out front pages across the nation after major breaking news.


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

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All together now: Raise your hands if you wanted to throw something at the television screen the 666th time, or thereabouts, that CNN put up that graphic announcing that the newly named Pope Francis — formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina — was the “first non-European pope.”


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Some ghosts in a final funeral for Civil War veterans?

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I have always been fascinated, both as a pastor’s kid and as a journalist, by the art of delivering eulogies. These addresses at public funerals — equal parts sermon, tribute and grief counseling — force ministers to face some unique challenges, while tiptoeing through the real lives of the person being honored.


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The high cost of waiting for the action in Rome

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Friends, Romans and other anxious news consumers, some of you may not have seen the following update from Poynter.org about the current status of one of America’s most skilled scribes on all things inside-Catholic:


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Inside the History Channel's epic TV miniseries 'The Bible'

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This is one of those GetReligion follow-up posts where we basically say, “See, was that so hard?”


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Bill Keller, et al, openly confess that "error has no rights"

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As the debates rage on about you know what — Washington. Post. Ombudsman. Bias. Column. — I would like to jump in remind faithful GetReligion readers of an earlier episode in this post-journalism drama. I’ll also share another link or two pointing toward pieces in which journalists are discussing some of the prickly issues in the Patrick Pexton piece.


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