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...manufacturer told TIME in 1984, "I think many people wear military clothes because they feel proud of the U.S." To this day, consumers can find the familiar Woodland motif in oddly conspicuous colors - neon orange, bright red, hot pink - on everything from lingerie to toilet paper. Designers like Christian Dior and Nicole Miller have even created camo couture; witness the evening gown of shimmering sequins and blotchy earth tones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camouflage | 6/22/2009 | See Source »

...what he is calling "The Year of Priests," exhorting Roman Catholics to spend the coming year honoring the sacrifice of their local pastors and directing priests to encourage each other so that they might, among other things, "be able to live fully the gift of celibacy and build thriving Christian communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex and the Priestly: Father Cutie Renews Celibacy Debate | 6/21/2009 | See Source »

...first thousand years of the Christian church, priests, bishops, and even popes could - and often did - marry. At least 39 popes were married men, and two were the sons of previous popes. The ideal of celibacy existed, but as a teaching from the Apostle Paul, not a church doctrine. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul argued simply that single men had fewer distractions from their godly work: "He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. But he that is with a wife, is solicitous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex and the Priestly: Father Cutie Renews Celibacy Debate | 6/21/2009 | See Source »

Block, Francesca Lia • burning - yes, actual setting fire to - of latest book by is urged by group of Christian extremists in Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...Graduated from Oregon State University in 1981 and Colorado State University's veterinary school, where he became a born-again Christian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senator John Ensign: 'I Had an Affair' | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

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