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School resinstates boy who wore “gang symbol”: a rosary
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jmcgee
Not long ago, I posted about a teenager suspended for wearing a rosary to school — which some considered a gang symbol. Now an update: Raymond Hosier is wearing his purple rosary beads to school again. A day after a federal judge ordered a New York middle school to reinstate the seventh-grader, who was suspended…
More teens say they’re using natural birth control
By
jmcgee
That’s one surprising finding from a new study: Today’s teenagers are increasingly likely to use the rhythm method to prevent pregnancy and to have relaxed attitudes about unwed motherhood, a new government teen sex survey has found. The results, released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that 17 percent of 15- to…
Our web-savvy priesthood
By
jmcgee
More priests are using the Internet to do their job, according to Zenit: A new study about the use of digital technology by priests worldwide shows that the Internet has become a frequently utilized tool in homily preparation, evangelization and pastoral support. The PICTURE (Priests’ Information and Communication Technologies Use in Their Religious Experience) study…
Father Cutie becomes an Episcopal priest
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jmcgee
The Catholic priest who made headlines last year is ministering again — and expecting his first child with his new wife. From the Miami Herald: As he stood in front of dozens of reporters a year ago to say he was leaving the Roman Catholic Church and marrying, celebrity priest Alberto Cutié took a plunge,…
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