From a Palace in Italy to a Condo In Boca. How the Press is handeling the Retirement of the Pope

I think that the press had less coverage of the retirement on the Pope than I would have expected. Of course if you search for news there are hundreds of articles about every different aspect of the retirement or what happens next but as far as headlines go its not exactly front page news. A lot has happened this week in the news so maybe that is why any news on the Pope got pushed off the front page but I think there is more. Religion is a tough issue for the media to cover. Rarely does a story on religion make it to the front page unless it is some sort of scandal. These stories simply do not make what the modern day readership has defined as "good" news. The Pope announced his retirement Monday morning and the announcement got roughly a day and a half of news coverage. Then we have an ex-cop who has killed people and is on the run, locking himself in a cabin. Shortly following this we have the President giving his first State of the Union of his second term. We can not say that the media outlets did a bad job covering the Retirement of the Pope or that they did not give the historical announcement the time it deserved. There was simply bigger flashier news that the editors decided was more important.