Here’s my nominee for “Most Bland Headline of the Weekend.” It appeared atop an Associated Press report:
Blessed corpses — and holy ghosts — after typhoon
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People were massacred in North Korea for WHAT?!?
Contrary to popular belief, the mainstream press really isn’t very effective when it comes to telling individual citizens what to think.
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The Boys from Buenos Aires?
What is an ultra-conservative Catholic? A member of the Society of St Pius X? A faithful Sunday communicant? A Trappist monk? Or is it someone whose name appears on the subscription lists of both My Daily Visitor and The National Review?
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A mere 1 million 20th century Christian martyrs? (updated)
Every now and then, a journalist gets pulled into a serious error when covering a speech or some other form of public presentation of complicated material.
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General Butt Naked and God in Der Spiegel
Let me commend for your reading a story in last week’s Der Spiegel on the Liberian war lord General Butt Naked. The article in its English-language version entitled “The Penitant Warlord: Atoning for 20,000 War Crimes” recounts the war crimes of Joshua Milton Blahyi and his subsequent transformation into a priest.
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Missing Catholic voices in Belgium's euthanasia debate
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Pod people: Does it matter if celebrities/royals have faith?
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The Washington Post examines the demons (and a religion ghost) in 'The Exorcist'
It’s that time of year again, the time when reporters keep trying to reach author William Peter Blatty to talk about pea soup, noises in the night, long flights of stairs and the degree to which human necks can swivel.
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Los Angeles Times offers a gentle, shallow Catholic health-care story
I was encouraged, and a bit surprised, that the editorial team at The Los Angeles Times elected to cover the local White Mass honoring Catholics who work in health-care jobs, in Catholic hospitals and in other settings.
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