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The Hokey-Pokey - What's It All About?
Everyone knows the routine -- you put your right hand in, you put your right hand out, and so on. Pretty darn innocuous, right? Well, it seems that in England, a lot of people have gotten upset about the 50's dance craze because they believe some ...
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Holiday Card Etiquette
The holidays--they're the best time of year, and the worst. They bring out the best in all of us, and the worst too. How to get through them Hopefully with more grace than Jack Daniels (see Christmas Vacation for reference). And, yes, there is ...
Catholic Abbot Says Disney Indoctrinates Kids
What organization can you think of that uses tales of good and evil to teach children moral lessons, while at the same time convincing they need that organization in their lives? What group tries to convince people that they need this group in their ...
Catholic priest set to give birth
Remember the old joke about a man and his son are involved in an accident but when the boy arrives at the hospital, the surgeon says "I cannot operate on him; he is my son"? The joke is that the surgeon is the boy's mother. Today, no one thinks twice ...Rosary beads a gang symbol?
For those of the Catholic faith, rosary beads are a traditional way to keep track of one's prayers. A sort of spiritual abacus. But according to police in Dallas, Texas, local gang members have taken to wearing the religious jewelry as well. This has ...
World Youth Day begins
In a short while -- it's Tuesday there already -- the World Youth Day festivities will get under way in Sydney, Australia. With more than 200,000 attendees from all over the world registered already, the week-long Catholic festival promises to be ...
Should teachers have personal lives?
How much of a teacher's personal life does a school really need to care about? Certainly, if they have a history of molesting children, that's an issue. If they don't like ice cream, well, I'd say there's something wrong with them, but it's not ...Heather Graham's parents think she's a porn star
Well, maybe they don't think she is an actual porn star, but according to Heather she may as well be. Heather says that her strictly religious parents severed contact with her after she played a roller skating porn star in Boogie Nights. The ...Can I baptize my child without being religious?
Well, folks, in the interest of sparking controversy everywhere I have decided to present our dear readers with a question I've been churning around in my mind since I was pregnant. Actually, in all honesty, this is something I am struggling with ...
Parent vs. Parent: Raising children against religion
When I was growing up, we went to church every Sunday, come hell or high water. In fact, when I got older, I knew the time and place of every late Catholic mass performed in the City so that I could go backpacking for the weekend and still make it to ...
School says no to MySpace -- even at home
Many schools have an internet policy that prohibits non-school activities such as updating one's MySpace account from school computers. St. Hugo of the Hills, a catholic school near Detroit, Michigan, however, has taken it one step further. According ...
Catholic teenager, Protestant foster parents
For nine years, a teenager, identified only as AR in court documents, lived with foster parents in Scotland. Now she is suing Highland Council for it. It seems that she was placed with Protestant families, despite being Catholic. According to papers ...Mardi Gras crafts for kids
If you're Catholic or live in a heavily-Catholic area, you might know that Mardi Gras is coming up. (The area I live in doesn't really have many Mardi Gras activities, but my family lives in an area the celebrates.) Mardi Gras Day is on February 20 ...
Brazilian schools to install condom vending machines
The health ministry in Brazil is planning to put condom vending machines into the schools despite facing criticism for the idea. In the largely catholic nation, however, two-thirds of the parents surveyed by UNESCO said they liked having the ...
Catholic school commands silence during lunch
The Saint Rose of Lima School in Warwick, R.I. no longer allows students to speak during lunch. If you make a sound, you get detention. According to the school, their "priority is the safety of each child." In light of three choking incidents during ...
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