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Religion reporting is no easy task, especially when you ask to participate in usually private gatherings like Bible studies or ask to observe a worship service. And then some people want to pray with you or convert you, even if you’re trying to keep yourself out of the story like any other kind of coverage.
On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I talked about nothing other than the media coverage of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s former church body. Ever since the first piece on Bachmann’s former Lutheran affiliation came out last week, I’ve been asked to speak and write about it for various media outlets. (I’m Lutheran.) My favorite radio interview included the host kindly suggesting that Lutherans didn’t really believe anything negative about the Papacy and me responding, “No! We totally do!”
I’m not Catholic, but I am from Colorado. I have to admit I was surprised to learn that Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput had been named the new archbishop of Philadelphia. Tmatt had a great overview of the stories in the Catholic press. And he revisited the dustup between Chaput and the New York Times. I thoroughly enjoyed John Allen’s piece in the National Catholic Reporter so I will reiterate Terry’s suggestion that you read it.
In the fast-growing Bible Belt community where I live, it’s not uncommon to see portable church signs outside public school buildings on Sundays.
For those who are interested in all things Roman, one of the major stories of the day is Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to move Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput out of the free-swinging West and into the oh-so clerical Northeast.
A GetReligion reader submitted an interesting link to “Fox & Friendsâ co-host Ainsley Earhardt making a statement that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is “obviously” not a Christian.
It was almost exactly three years ago that we first looked at a story about a young soccer pro named Chase Hilgenbrinck and his decision to leave the sport for seminary. Hilgenbrinck’s story resonated with readers and viewers and we ended up looking at a few different takes on it.
