It could not have been easy for Peggy Noonan to write her Good Friday column on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal.
Peggy Noonan opens a vein
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Could've been so beautiful
Usually, I keep my compulsion for ’80s pop hits — the music of my youth — under control. This week, though, I’m in Philadelphia on a work-related trip, and my rental car — unlike my family’s minivan — has satellite radio. Satellite radio with an all-’80s station!
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To mention or not to mention?
One of the biggest holes in religion news coverage is treatment of weekly worship. Regular worship is one of the most common expressions of religious activity. Much more important in the life of the church than, say, politics. But it doesn’t seem to interest reporters terribly much. So I was pleased to see the angle that Washington Post religion reporter William Wan took with his latest: “As Easter nears, priests struggle with how, whether to address church scandals.”
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Is JPII's sainthood at stake?
Just when you thought that the relationship between the Vatican and the mainstream press couldn’t get any worse, the powers that be at MSNBC had to grit their teeth and issue a public apology for the fact that a headline — somehow — reached the network’s live website that read, “Pope Describes Touching Boys: I Went Too Far.”
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Corrections & amplifications, Vatican edition (UPDATED)
Holy Week is the most sacred part of the liturgical calendar for Christians. This year, Holy Week has coincided with some tough coverage of the Vatican’s handling of sex abuse problems from decades ago.
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Belgium's Burqa Ban
Some days, I wonder if the United States could put a ban on pantyhose. The darn things rip so often, and it’s mind boggling why they are still culturally expected in the workplace.
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A Divisive Anthem
Indiana is a happening state this month as we near the end of March Madness. I grew up just a few minutes from Butler University, and you might remember that Young Master Pulliam is a proud alumn. It’s a thrilling time to be a Hoosier.
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Got news? Abortion is in the details
During the firestorm right after Rep. Bart Stupak approved the Senate’s take on health care reform, I posted an item here at GetReligion that asked some basic questions about a key religion element of the story.
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Check, recheck and triple check (UPDATED)
It appears that ace Vatican reporter John Allen isn’t the only person who noted problems with the New York Times‘ recent attempt to link Pope Benedict XVI to a particularly sickening story of priest abuse.
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