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  • March 2008

    • Catholic Colleges Brace for Pope's Criticism

      Washington Post  |  Mar 14, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Catholic Colleges Brace for Pope's Criticism

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI’s April address to top Catholic educators is likely to be a call to observe church teachings more closely, reports the Washington Post. All but 20 of the 235 American Catholic colleges and universities are too freethinking to suit the Vatican, says one expert, and the situation "is something that's been simmering for so long that it's reached a boiling point." More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Notre Dame  • Planned Parenthood  • Georgetown University  • Catholic education  • Naral  • Vagina Monologues

  • February 2008

    • Fonda Swears She's Sorry for Obscenity

      New York Daily News  |  Feb 15, 08 6:37 AM CST

      Fonda Swears She's Sorry for Obscenity

      (Newser) - Today host Meredith Vieira got an unpleasant  shock yesterday when Jane Fonda let the C-word slip while discussing the Vagina Monologues, the New York Daily News reports. "It was a slip, and obviously she apologizes, and so do we," Vieira told viewers. Fonda's blooper came when she was asked why she'd originally turned down a role in the play. She "was just quoting the title of her scene," her spokeswoman noted. "She meant no disrespect." More »

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      obscenity  • Today Show  • profanity  • Meredith Vieira  • Jane Fonda  • Vagina Monologues  • Parents Television Council

  • March 2007

    • V-Word Gets Teens Suspended

      Associated Press  |  Mar 8, 07 2:11 PM CST

      (Newser) - Three high school girls in a New York City suburb were suspended for reciting the word "vagina" in an excerpt of the "The Vagina Monologues" during a school open-mic night. Faculty had instructed the 16-year-old honors students to delete the word, in deference to children in the audience, but the teens disobeyed orders, because, as one of the students put it, "we knew it was the right thing to do." More »

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      New York  • education  • high school  • theater  • school  • Vagina Monologues

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