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July 2014

July 17, 2014
Carl: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to...
July 17, 2014
Nearly a decade ago, the conservative Weekly Standard ran a very newsy story on its...
July 17, 2014
You got so close, Philadelphia Inquirer. You got so close to a fair, enlightening news...
July 16, 2014
So how would you like to be a press officer for the Vatican these days?...
July 16, 2014
Dead men file no lawsuits. They also don’t defend themselves to TV reporters. And live...
July 15, 2014
The new archbishop of Cologne, Germany, is all about gays. At least it is, according...
July 14, 2014
There is a reason sports fans see so many media images of professional athletes wearing...
July 14, 2014
MICHAEL-ANN’S QUESTION: While millions observed Easter Sunday or the Passover season April 20, some folks...
July 14, 2014
Right from the start, a long Page 1 story in The Dallas Morning News portrays the...
July 13, 2014
The General Synod of the Church of England -- the legislative organ of the Protestant...
July 12, 2014
There is this old, old, old saying that you will often hear quoted in discussions...
July 12, 2014
After two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, I tried a different approach to analyzing some...
July 11, 2014
CNN reports the Dalai Lama --the spiritual leader of Tibet -- has urged his co-religionists...
July 11, 2014
Not that long ago, I wrote a post about religious faith and mathematics that turned...
July 11, 2014
Sometimes our readers are sharper than us professional word pushers. One of them just dismantled...
July 10, 2014
Anyone who follows news on the religion beat knows the drill when it comes to...
July 10, 2014
Ordinarily, quality journalism benefits from solid information, concrete evidence and a healthy dose of skepticism....
July 09, 2014
Voters were no longer the subjects of politics, democratic citizens deciding the fate of their...
July 09, 2014
If you know anything about the sport the world calls "football," then you know that...
July 09, 2014
Mainstream media didn't pile onto Pope Francis. I know that sounds cynical -- something like...
July 08, 2014
Give the Austin American-Statesman credit for a couple of things. First, the Texas newspaper has...
July 08, 2014
Just the other day, I heard a long-time GetReligion reader use a very interesting new...
July 08, 2014
I wasn’t expecting gifts for July 4 weekend, but I feel like I got one...
July 07, 2014
THE RELIGION GUY EXPLAINS: So far, no-one has yet posted a question on the June...
July 07, 2014
So, are there any Hobby Lobby stores in the greater Baltimore area? Yes, it appears...
July 07, 2014
Let's see: a meaty, 3,200-word religion story — part profile, part trend piece. Quick, name...
July 06, 2014
From the very beginning, some mainstream news organization have -- appropriately so -- emphasized that...
July 05, 2014
The Adelaide Advertiser reports the Anglican Church of Australia has lifted the veil of secrecy...
July 04, 2014
Louis Zamperini had an amazing, amazing life. Actually, he had two of them since --...
July 03, 2014
Noticing some fair-haired children in the slave market one morning, Pope Gregory, the memorable pope,...
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