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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 →

A UCLA undergraduate secretly tapes a counseling session at a Planned Parenthood center and posts the encounter on YouTube. In a five-minute mini-drama, a nursing aide (later fired) tells the young woman, who says she is 13, not to report … Continue reading →

Religious progressives ought to be having a field day. Obama is as close to a fellow traveler as has occupied the White House in decades, and the cultural tide is turning their way. Same sex marriage —check. Environmentalism—check. Moderated policies … Continue reading →

By Andrea Tabor Trend trackers sure got a jolt to the system with that ARIS study (the one that found the numbers of “nones” were up while believers are down).  Since its release, the secular and religious press have been … Continue reading →

What to make of the veritable cascade of religion coverage? Last week the New York Times magazine profiled Rabbi Capers Funnye, an African American Jewish leader with a cousin in the White House, and this week it spotlighted the Redeemed … Continue reading →