CatholicismConsider revising celibacy rule for Catholic priests, Vatican official saysChurch has ‘lost many great priests because they chose marriage’, says Charles Scicluna of Malta A senior Vatican official has said that the Roman Catholic church should revise the requirement for priests to be celibate, while acknowledging that some will view the idea as “heretical”. Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, who is based in the Vatican’s doctrinal office and is an adviser to Pope Francis, said: “If it were up to me, I would revise the requirement that priests have to be celibate.

Maryland This article is more than 8 years oldMaryland mother found pushing dead son on swing charged with abuseThis article is more than 8 years oldRomechia Simms, 24, indicted on charges of manslaughter, first-degree child abuse and child neglect A Maryland woman who was found pushing her dead son in a playground swing earlier this year has been indicted and charged with manslaughter and child abuse, authorities announced Monday. The Charles County state’s attorney’s office announced that Romechia Simms, 24, was arrested Saturday and faced an arraignment Monday.

My life in sexSexAway from spanking, I’m a light-hearted, mild-mannered chap This morning, I visited my next-door neighbour and spanked her. Afterwards, I drove down the motorway and spanked another woman, whom I visit twice a week. Tonight, I’m having a first meeting – just drinks and a chat – with a woman who wants to be spanked. Then, tomorrow, I’m driving to Plymouth to see another woman whom I discipline regularly.

My life in sexSexMy fantasies now flip between being caught at the bottom of a naked rugby scrum and wondering what it would be like to pleasure a woman I’ve identified as a gay man since my early teens. I’ve always been happy in my identity and – give or take bullying at school, the nasty experience of coming out to my parents (long since healed), and being diagnosed HIV positive 20 years ago – life has been happy and fulfilling.

The Pogues This article is more than 3 years oldShould the BBC have censored Fairytale of New York?This article is more than 3 years oldPatrick Strudwick, Luke Turner and Alex HoodThe BBC has laid out differing rules when playing the Pogues song, which features homophobic and misogynist slurs. Listeners to Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music consider the decision Radio 1 to air censored version of Pogues’ Fairytale of New York The Radio 1 listener: Alex HoodA culture war around the Pogues’ song Fairytale of New York feels like a new Christmas tradition, like a Lindt chocolate Santa, but homophobic.