Ever since Doug LeBlanc and I started this blog, we have had problems explaining to some people what GetReligion is about and what it is not about.
GetReligion, burkas and the press
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Who are Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal?
During this busy week, I have been watching to see if two men’s names showed up, at any point, in Google News.
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Covering two stories at the same time
Due to a busy class schedule, I have not had the time to address much of the new coverage of the liturgical meetings between Pope Benedict XVI and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, celebrating the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. I think most of the symbolism and the substance in those meetings will be included in the major stories tomorrow and I should be able to catch up a bit.
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Time, Newsweek in early schism over the pope
Wow. Reader Janette Kok dropped us a note noting the radical difference taken in the Time‘s article on the papal trip to Turkey, in comparison to that in Newsweek, which, in fairness, was written by a ringer — Catholic scholar George Weigel.
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Story behind the story in Istanbul
Press reports are starting to filter in on Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Turkey for the Feast of St. Andrew.
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Memory eternal, Father George Calciu
It is a very gray, rainy day here in Maryland, the kind of day that makes it easy to mope around (especially if one has a shocking cold) and feel rather sorry for oneself.
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Oh Canada
A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across an article about the United Church of Canada and its move to add drinking bottled water to its list of “immoral” acts. While it seems trivial, it’s actually a very significant story, particularly from a business perspective.
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Christ-free Christmas? Don't blame Islam
I heard something interesting last summer while I was over in Oxford helping lead a seminar on press freedom and blasphemy.
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Honest weblog headline of the day
Over at the always essential Christianity Today weblog, Ted Olsen kind of hit a wall and put up this headline for all of those who are paying attention to religion news this week:
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