Have you ever considered branding an eighth-grader’s arm in the shape of a cross with a high voltage device?
Church-state cross-currents
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Yep, Catholic Church still pro-life
We’ve been complaining a bit about the meager inclusion of religion angles in some of the political coverage of the various legislative efforts to reform health care and health insurance. So David Kirkpatrick’s piece in the New York Times this week was welcome. Headlined “Some Catholic Bishops Assail Health Plan,” here’s how it began:
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Kennedy, O'Malley & Benedict XVI
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God's Desire? Think again NYT
One of the most unbelievable stories I think anyone’s heard in a long time emerged yesterday. Some are, not surprisingly, calling it a miracle. It’s certainly miraculous.
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Adieu
This last Friday of August 2009 marks the final post of my third stint with GetReligion. I am grateful for each of my excursions with GetReligion since February 2003, and I thank my longtime friend Terry Mattingly for making each one possible.
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The ghost at Chappaquiddick
I’ve wanted to look at some of the coverage of the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy but haven’t quite been sure what to say of the it. From my perspective as a Capitol Hill reporter, he was a blast to cover — a fascinating man to watch in action either at work or play. And not that I would “cover” him at worship but I even saw him once at St. Joseph’s — the Senate-side Catholic Church that I have visited with friends.
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Kennedy's true political credo
As you would imagine, the media culture here in Washington, D.C., remains in full virtual-state-funeral mode following the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, the final prince of the television-driven Camelot era.
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The war on Ramadan?
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A special place in the ground
Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today’s longtime religion reporter, had an interesting story recently about the growing number of Americans who are opting out of clergy-led funeral services. It’s not clear what kind of growth in the secular death business we’re talking about — it appears cold, hard numbers aren’t available — but Grossman writes that times have really changed:
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