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It seems just about everyone is making up their top lists for the year. Didn't they know that Santa already made his list?

USA Today offers their readers to vote for the "top religion newsmaker of 2009". Check it out. If you don't vote, you can't complain about who wins.


Year in review: God, politics, pop culture intertwined in '09
Vote: Who do you consider the top religion newsmaker of 2009?
USA Today

The choices include:

President talks religion, U.S. Catholic bishops lobby, Pope Benedict XVI surprises, Warren speaks out, Oral Roberts dies ... and:

Anglicans split

Catholic and Anglicans were surprised in October by an abrupt announcement from the Vatican opening the doors of the church to traditionalists to convert — and bring married priests with them.

But leaders of the U.S. traditionalists essentially said, "Thanks, but no thanks." Many parishes had already withdrawn from the Episcopal Church to join the Anglican Church in North America. It was established in June and excludes gay and woman


And, there is still time to nominate your top newsmaker story of the Episcopal/Anglican world as well, as we posted on Tuesday:

"What are your top stories in the Episcopal sphere? or other religious stories - add them here or on Twitter #10Episcopal or on our Facebook fan page here."
Posted on December 31, 2009 7:11 AM | |
Comments (1)

I note USA Today gives 5 options for newsmaker of the year: Obama, Rick Warren, the leader of US Catholic bishop's conference, the Pope, and Bob Duncan.

Which of these is not like the others? USA Today readers are going to have a "who?" moment. If Christians in the US are an elephant, The Episcopal Church is a mouse, and Bob Duncan is a flea. Where is USA Today's sense of proportion? Bob Duncan only gets votes if there is a concerted campaign. And we all know the worth of online polls.

Posted by John B. Chilton [TypeKey Profile Page] | December 31, 2009 8:48 AM

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