I’ve been out on the road for several days — my usual gig with the National College Media conference, among other things — and I let Nov. 1 sneak up on me.
Ch-ch-ch-changes (and that Polanski ghost)
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Vatican slams Halloween (not really)
All together now, religion-beat pros (and fans), let’s chant this together: L’Osservatore Romano does not equal the Vatican.
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America, morality, Polanski, yada, yada
Every now and then, one of your GetReligionistas reads a story — usually about a controversy tied to culture and morality — and then says, in his or her heart of hearts, “You know, religion ought to be in here somewhere.”
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Can you hear Benedict XVI sobbing?
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Nasty ink about Anglo-Catholic move?
So far, most of the mainstream media coverage of the Vatican’s move to open a door for Anglo-Catholics into the Church of Rome has focused on the Anglican side of the story. This has, in part, created a news template that says Pope Benedict XVI has played a winning card that will result in thousands, if not millions, of new members for his flock.
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Crime without a votive?
What we have here is either a crime story, a liturgical mystery or a sad story about one of the most distinguished and important Anglo-Catholic leaders of the 20th century. I have no idea which choice is the correct one, but I hope its a crime mystery. Here is the top of the Associated Press report:
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When is too much too much?
If you’ve been following the coverage of allegations against Catholic Bishop Raymond Lahey up in Canada, you know that things have not been getting any better for the former leader of the Diocese of Antigonish.
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God and the particles of doom
As we all know, and as numerous stacks of research have shown, only really stupid, illogical, fact-challenged people believe that God played some meaningful role in the creation of heaven and earth. Right?
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'Traditional Iraqi values' in the news
Quite a few newspapers and television stations across America have posted various versions of the following short Associated Press story on their websites. For the sake of clarity, here’s the whole report:
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