There was an interesting Associated Press story out of London the other day about end-of-life issues that has really been making the rounds — for perfectly valid reasons.
More end-of-life-care info, STAT!
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Missing voices in the stem cell debates
Reuters has a story about a U.S. district court ruling that may interest GetReligion readers. The lede explains what’s going on best:
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When death comes knocking
When news of Christopher Hitchens’ esophageal cancer first hit the news, blogs, Twitter, Facebook news feeds, there was a lot of cause for concern and several requests for prayer. Then a few people paused and said, “Wait, does Christopher Hitchens even want anyone to pray for him?”
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Complexities with conception and Islam
We spend a lot of time reading stories that miss an obvious religion angle or ones that don’t give enough space to explain some fundamentals. Our eyes widen at stories that do a nice job of explaining complex issues in under 1,000 words.
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Hostility toward evangelicals? What hostility?
In a report titled “Christian Academics Cite Hostility on Campus,” NPR tackles a perfectly legitimate question:
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Getting straight on stem cells
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King of night vision
Last week New York Times Vatican reporter Rachel Donadio had a fun but flawed piece about the renaming of a Florence museum. Here’s a colorful graph:
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Evangelicals v. 'mainstream Christians'
Remember last month when the big statue of Jesus was struck by lightning and burned to the ground? Well, one reporter is trying to squeeze as much juice out of the story as possible.
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Nothing to see here, move along
Last year, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to change its doctrine to allow gay clergy in committed sexual relationships. The Associated Press ran a story about one of the consequences of that vote:
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