One of the first signs that the religion beat was in trouble at USA Today was the decision to shutter veteran scribe Cathy Grossman’s “Faith & Reason” weblog.
Grossman's blog is back: Faith & Reason 2.0 at RNS
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A dynamic, hip, inked leader offers salvation to the left
It says a lot, in this financially tight age in American newsrooms, when editors put a reporter on an airplane and send her halfway across the nation to hear somebody preach.
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Porn no more: Secular students inviting religious discussion
Gone is the “low-hanging fruit” of years past when the media converged on the University of Texas-San Antonio campus each year to produce titillating stories on students exchanging Bibles and Qurans for porn.
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Yo! New York Post! Did that school have a Catholic doctrinal covenant?
This story is getting very, very familiar and it’s clear that these lawsuits are happening for a reason.
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Mainline killed the local church star -- paper blinks
The death of a congregation is never pleasant, and the closure of the West Side Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey was no exception. Sunday, Nov. 3, was to see a final worship service at the 117-year-old congregation.
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Missing Catholic voices in Belgium's euthanasia debate
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Religion ghost in Rolando McClain's stunning flight from the NFL
There is no way to read ESPN’s disturbing magazine feature about linebacker Rolando McClain without asking whether — to choose a snarky metaphor — his mental and emotional elevator is capable of stopping at all the right floors in the building.
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What is the moral status of sex outside of marriage?
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KKK hoods, 'two angels' and a frustrating religion ghost
It’s a “where are they now” story that I was intrigued to read, since I had missed the first installment back in 1996. The 2013 update promised drama, forgiveness, lessons learned and perhaps racial reconciliation. Oh, and as a bonus: a faith element.
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