As has been our practice since day one, your GetReligionistas rarely write posts about editorials, op-ed pages or opinion stories.
Locking the two popes into one flawed news template
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The moral (and news) authority of Desmond Tutu
An article at BBC.com on the launch of a United Nations-backed campaign to promote gay rights in South Africa is a perfect example of the kinds of difficulties that mainstream journalists face when reporting on world figures who have left the public eye.
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When Planned Parenthood isn't news (fraud edition)
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Time out for all California sexual-abuse cases?
It’s time for a quick dip into tmatt’s massive file of GetReligion guilt, the cyber-place in which I stash stories that I really wanted to critique, but other things (papal visits, health issues, my own travel, etc.) jumped in the way.
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The ghost in Bud Day's obituary
Of the many wonderful parts of the New York Times, my favorite is the obituary section. Perhaps it’s being a pastor’s daughter, perhaps it’s that my mother’s side of the family were morticians, but I love reading a good obituary. Let’s look at one headlined “Col. Bud Day, Vietnam War Hero, Dies at 88.”
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Kudos for Quartz's coverage of business and religion
âBusiness is religion, and religion is business,â said Maltbie Babcock. âThe man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.â
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Results vary as media follow Rick Warren's return
Over the weekend, Rick Warren returned to the pulpit for the first time since his son’s suicide nearly four months ago.
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Pope Francis' 1st miracle: media coverage of mercy
A day after Popocalypse 2013 happened, we have the actual transcript of the remarks that got journalists worldwide going. And it’s safe to say that a quick read of it gives a different impression than the headlines or tweets that blasted out the news.
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Concerning theological Swiss Army knives (think chaplains)
In the world of church-state studies, few puzzles are as tough to crack as those that surround the work of military chaplains.
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