On Friday, the Vatican announced that Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone would become the archbishop of San Francisco, succeeding Archbishop George Niederauer who hit retirement age last year.
London 2012 fetes British ink, film and (gasp!) hymnody
Folks, I have committed a serious sin that I hate to spot among other reporters. When searching for obvious religion, I overlooked the subtle spots.
And now, equal time for Muslim chickens ...
Here’s the gist of a recent Los Angeles Times story: An Islamic butcher shop finds surprising success in a predominantly Latino neighborhood of east L.A.
Pod people: Treat religion news like crime news?
Did anyone else have a good time watching the Olympic’s opening ceremonies tonight? I learned a lot about how the British, or at least how the ones running the Olympics, see their own history.
With canonization near, where is media focus?
A few days ago, a thoughtful and committed reader sent in a link to this story with a note that said:
'Deeply religious' victim forgives attacker
The Denver Post has a compelling interview with a wounded victim of the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre.
The media's irrational fear of Chick-fil-A
I was reading this Bloomberg analysis by Josh Barro of the most recent movement against Chick-fil-A, which I’ll share before I get to what I really want to talk about:
Walking on coals for no particular spiritual reason
Think of this post, if you will, as a sequel to that “define meditation” piece that I wrote here the other day.
MSM & Chick-fil-A: The Internet often honors stupid stories
Last week I saw Chick-fil-A trending on Google and thought there must be some delicious promotion, some sort of free sandwich you get for dressing up like a cow. Eager to get a freebie, I clicked through to find out why people were searching.
