, , , , , , , , , , ,

Pod people: Pope steps down; many journalists fall down

, , , , , , , , , , ,

Gentle readers, one cannot make some of this stuff up.


Please respect our Commenting Policy
, ,

Water-sipping and pro-life activism. A tale of media coverage.

, ,

Last month, we covered the perennial problem of why the March for Life gets the coverage it does (or doesn’t get the coverage it doesn’t get). And various journalists responded that, well, the March for Life isn’t big news, particularly after 40 years, and that the crowds aren’t that big of a deal when compared to a weekend of sporting events. One comment, for instance:


Please respect our Commenting Policy
, , , , , ,

Are ashes to go a Protestant no-no?

, , , , , ,

This week’s celebration of Ash Wednesday has prompted several stories built around the theme of “ashes to go” — a recent phenomena of liturgical Protestant church ministers — (I’ve seen reports of Methodist, Episcopal and Lutheran clergy involved) imposing ashes on the foreheads of individuals in public places outside of the confines of worship.


Please respect our Commenting Policy
, ,

Turkson wouldn't be first African pope

, ,

Yesterday morning a Lutheran friend sent me an email joking that he was “off Team Turkson” on account of Turkson campaigning for the job of pope. That would be Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson. Now, I realize just how unseemly it is for a churchman to campaign for any job but this may be an unfair reading of an interview Turkson gave in the Telegraph.


Please respect our Commenting Policy
, ,

Piling on Pat Robertson

, ,

Having apparently exhausted discussion of one octogenarian, The Huffington Post appears to have turned its attention to a second aged religious leader this week and published a hit piece on Pat Robertson. “Pat Robertson Claims Islam Is ‘Demonic’ And ‘Not A Religion’ But An Economic System” is a lazy, badly written story. What it reports is not news, and the tone it uses to report this non-news story is unprofessional.


Please respect our Commenting Policy
, , , ,

WWROD: No, Pope Benedict XVI did not 'resign'

, , , ,

To my shock, no one out in cyberspace filed a pope-retirement question over at veteran religion-reporter Richard Ostling’s handy new website, “Religion Q&A: The Ridgewood Religion Guy Answers your Questions.”


Please respect our Commenting Policy