Monthly Archives: May 2009

Sonia Sotomayor, our president's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court seat recently vacated by Justice David Souter, has the blogosphere abuzz. Is she a Roman Catholic? Is she a practicing Catholic? What kind of Catholic is she? And what might … Continue reading →

By Andrea Tabor After years of sex abuse scandals among Catholic clergy, perhaps the most shocking reports surfaced this week.  According to a 9-year-long study, Irish clergy reportedly abused thousands of schoolchildren over a 60 year period.  The abuse was … Continue reading →

Reporters are told to follow the money but we rarely do—unless we already have a good idea where it's gone. On the religion beat that means covering the church treasurer who embezzled the pension fund, the prominent pastor living a … Continue reading →

by Andrea Tabor Carrie Prejean and Donald Trump appear to have ridden off into the California sunset, finally marking the end to an abysmal news cycle of leaked photos, Youtube rants, and a former beauty queen's resignation.  While many newsrooms … Continue reading →

For months now, news outlets have stirred the conflict over Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama. (The prestigious Roman Catholic university asked the President to deliver its commencement address.) Numerous stories have examined what this means for the Catholic vote, … Continue reading →

Two articles on religion on television? Hmm—must be a trend. First, Variety reports that the Eppes men are going to synagogue. Dorky but cute, Numb3rs' crime-fighting father and sons give new meaning to the term mensch. After five seasons of … Continue reading →

A newspaper buddy who worked (even as I write “worked” I wonder if a thesaurus might have a more accurate term: a fulsome word that evokes the 15-hour days, coffee-addled nights, hapless stake-outs, nowhere interviews, blown deadlines, spiked stories, clueless … Continue reading →