A decision by the rector of S.S. Simon and Jude Cathedral in the Diocese of Phoenix to restrict altar servers to boys in order to encourage vocations is drawing flak from the usual dissenting groups within the Church and the print publications that give them way too much ink.
Even though the state of Florida's constitution outlaws same-sex marriage, school officials at Mount Dora High School stripped a former "Teacher of the Year" recipient for defending traditional marriage on his personal Facebook page.
St. Gianna Physician's Guild launched an online petition drive today requesting that the Obama Administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, immediately withdraw all references to contraception and contraception counseling from the "Guidelines for Women's Preventive Services" under The Affordable Care Act, and to provide a conscience clause to protect the religious freedom and beliefs of Catholics.
The recent death threat left on a jihadist website against TV funny man David Letterman is raising the question of whether or not all religions should be off limits to comics, many of whom are well-known for their regular Church bashing.
From the moment he landed in one of Europe's most secular nations, Pope Benedict XVI took on secularism in Spain, encouraging a massive throng of nearly one million youth from 190 countries to build their lives "on the firm foundation" of the Christian faith.
Not even a month has passed since the furor over the indecent display of a 10 year-old in Vogue Paris and the fashion industry in France is under fire again - this time for a lingerie designer whose website is full of pictures of scantily clad girls as young as four sporting makeup, beehive hairdos and a new line of age-inappropriate underwear.
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