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Secular and religious symbols lost in many Turkey reports

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I have been reading the mainstream coverage of the events unfolding in Turkey from the get go, in large part because of my interest — after two visits to Istanbul — in the nation’s complex blend of European secularism (think France) and a variety of approaches to Islam. In the midst of all that, religious minorities have not fared well at all, including the tiny remnant of Eastern Orthodox believers who huddle in what was once the New Rome.


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Should the press blame Catholic teachers for its own ignorance?

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One common complaint we hear from readers is that reporters, when caught messing up some key point of Roman Catholic doctrine, will claim that they are right because they were “raised Catholic” or “went to Catholic school.”


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Is the Catholic 'New Evangelization' a laughing matter?

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In America there are two career fields that have a disproportionate number of agnostics and atheists: scientists and stand-up comedians.


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Southern Baptists on the downhill statistical slide?

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This just in from The Associated Press: Southern Baptists are having a tough time.


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Spotting the sacred ghost in the era of iWeddings

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First of all, let me stress that I know that there are plenty of weddings that are completely secular or, well, they should have been completely secular. You know what I mean?


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Tintin and the Catholic Charismatics

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The story so far … Intrepid reporter Tintin, accompanied by his faithful fox terrier Snowy, has travel to Brazil to report on the preparations for the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day celebrations in July. Upon his arrival Tintin finds the natives have abandoned their base communities and liberation theology for Catholic Pentecostalism. Who is behind this tragedy? Soviets, American gangsters, Jews? Can our hero rescue the church from the clutches of charismatics in Brazil?


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Political reporters learn about St. Augustine. Chaos ensues.

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You’ll never guess what uncontroversial Christian doctrine this Republican candidate and/or office-holder believes!


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