Are journalists anti-religion?

So, I found this article on the Washington Post, though it was actually carried by Reuters. The article deals with evolution and the Catholic Church. At first, I thought I would discuss evolution and intelligent design, but then I realized that this article really irritated me. It is precisely these types of articles that make religious people believe that journalists are anti-religion.

The article's headline is "Pope to debate evolution with former students". One might suspect that, based on such a headline, the Pope was going to take a side in an evolution debate with former students or that the Pope was going to go back and forth with his students on the "pros and cons" of evolution. In reality, though, what did the article actually report? Merely that the Pope and his former students were going to their annual meeting where they talk about an interesting/relevant topic every year. This time, they were planning on discussing evolution and how God fits into that. In fact, the article goes to great pains to point out that the Catholic Church has never opposed evolution. So, what gives with such a headline?

My thinking about journalism and religion is that religion simply does not lend itself to the short "news" articles (or stories on TV). Religion does not follow the 24-hour news cycle, with sudden and unexpected events occurring throughout the day. Heck, sudden and unexpected events rarely occur at all with any major religion, particularly one that's been around for 2000 years. Obviously, though, the WashPost had to come up with something sensational to sell the story. So, why not just write a bit more of an eye-grabbing headline, even if it stretches the truth well beyond reality?