Over the past quarter century or so, I have written my share of stories and columns about traditional Catholics who yearn for the return of the Tridentine Mass.
Clamoring for the Tridentine Mass?
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On the Romney family tree
Associated Press reporters Jennifer Dobner and Glen Johnson put together a doozy of a story that ran Saturday on the Mitt Romney family tree. The hook is the fact that several of his ancestors were married multiple times. At the same time. Of course, the supporters of the former Massachusetts governor are quick to note that of the three leading candidates, Romney is the only one to be married once:
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Bible Girl enters a Pentecostal firestorm
The story is ugly and lurid, packed with the kinds of details that are almost impossible to include in mainstream news coverage.
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Keeping religion under wraps
Amazing Grace, an overdue tribute to British abolitionist William Wilberforce, opens nationwide today. The film is well worth seeing, particularly if you’re unfamiliar with the Wilberforce story. Like with almost every movie I see, I had some artistic quibbles with it. (And I’m not snooty: I’m hoping to see Reno 911 tonight.) But most surprising to me was how little religion was included in a movie about someone so religiously influenced. Charlotte Allen, who has the same problem, reviewed the film for The Wall Street Journal:
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Mormons against Romney
At first glance, the one constituency you would think former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had locked up would be the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons. Romney is of course a practicing Mormon.
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Disco, disco Mass!
When I was on the religion beat, one of the questions that leaders in a wide variety of religious groups used to ask me went something like this: “Why do the (insert colorful word here) Episcopalians get so much coverage in the mainstream media?”
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Old time religion in The Atlantic
As part of The Atlanticfocuses on faith and religion. The feature has been going on for 13 issues with various archival experts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary. The full texts of some articles are available here.
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Episcopalians in the dock (day two)
We are now in day two of the post-Dar es Salaam world and the focus is moving — as it should in U.S. newspapers — back to the local and national angles of this global Anglican crisis.
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Hey, Time! Smell the incense
A long, long time ago, I remember a comment that a city-desk editor made when reporters started using the really early laptop computers (photo) to cover live news events. Everyone was excited because this was going to streamline the shipping of stories back to the newsroom, making it possible for reporters to write closer to deadline on breaking stories.
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