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Getting Rudy's Catholicism right (well, mostly)

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At the risk of not offending GR readers and generating few comments from said group, I offer a qualified endorsement of two stories about Rudy Giuliani’s Catholicism. A recent cover story in The New Republic linked Giuliani’s political outlook to his education in Catholic social teaching. Meanwhile, the latest Newsweek reports that Giuliani’s pro-choice stand will continue to draw outspoken opposition from traditional Catholics. While neither story offers sufficient perspective, each grasps an important truth about Giuliani: his Catholic upbringing continues to define him.


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L.A. Times mangles some Anglican lingo

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This weekend, I went out of my way to praise a Washington Post story covering the Anglican property and doctrine wars here in the greater Washington area. The discussion of that post rolls on and you can follow that by clicking here.


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Troubles on the Godbeat

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So a reader sent along an interesting story headlined “Burnout on the God beat — second top religion writer calls it quits.” Written by Reuters’ Tom Heneghan, the piece explains that Stephen Bates, who recently left his post at The Guardian, published an account of his time on the beat in an article for New Humanist magazine:


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The Great Incremental Evangelical Crackup?

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The evangelicals — why, they’re cracking up! They’re so over the Republican Party! They’re sick of hearing about abortion and gay marriage! They’ve matured! They’re concerned about global warming, Darfur, and poverty! They’re warming up to Hillary and Obama! Truly, a new day has dawned!


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The spirit of the law

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I read with particular interest a Houston Chronicle article on Tuesday about the growing number of “Christian-based” law schools sprouting across the country. The story hooks onto a new law school opening in Louisiana called the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law. The school is supposed to open in 2009 and is named after a lawyer active in the Southern Baptist Convention.


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Millions of angles

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So yesterday I was working on a big post about news coming out of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore when tmatt posted about the curious difference in edits of the Associated Press’ story. But there’s so much out there, I think another post is in order.


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