Pakistan’s bishops are protesting a decision by the nation’s telecommunications authority to include “Jesus Christ” in a list of 160 words banned in text messages.
“The Catholic Church of Pakistan will make all necessary pressures on the government to eliminate the name of Christ from the prohibited list,” said Father John Shakir Nadeem, secretary of the bishops’ commission for social communications. “We understand the desire to protect the minds of young people, indicating a list of obscene words. But why include the name of Christ?” [CatholicCulture.org] Read more [via National Secular Society]
