I'm not one to knock somebody else's religion or belief system or whatever, but Catherine and Herbert Schaible sure do make it tempting. The couple, who believes in faith-healing, is already serving 10 years probation for the 2009 death of their 2-year-old son, Kent, who died from pneumonia when they refused medical care. Now another Schaible child, an 8-month-old boy, has succumbed to the same fate: The baby died last week after suffering for days from "diarrhea and breathing problems" without medical attention.

As a mom, I cringe to think of what that poor helpless baby must have gone through in his final moments. How could any parent stand by and watch their child die a preventable death? For any reason?

Do you believe in miracles? The Vatican does, but surprisingly, they don't declare them very often. However, it was just decided that a 4-year-old who instantly recovered from a severe gastrointestinal condition did indeed experience a miracle. Luke Burgie of Colorado was only a toddler when he was gripped by stomach problems that left him with diarrhea up to 10 times a day, and he even stopped growing. Medical experts were baffled and couldn't seem to help him. He suffered with the agonizing condition for six months -- until his mother called in two nuns. They prayed over him for nine days straight, and just as they finished, his stomach ailment vanished.

In tragic news, word comes this weekend that the son of popular Evangelical Christian pastor, Rick Warren, has died at just 27 years of age. Warren confirmed the cause of his death yesterday: Matthew committed suicide.

In a letter to the congregation of his California-based Saddleback Church, Warren, the author of "The Purpose Driven Life" asked for prayers. He said that Mathew, the youngest of his three sons, struggled since birth with mental illness. They tried the best doctors, medications, and prayers for healing but nothing worked. Then: "Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life."

It’s been three years since Congress rammed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act down our throats, and the legislation remains wildly unpopular. According to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll last month, nearly two-thirds of Americans still have an unfavorable opinion of Obamacare.

The law made its way through the court system, with the Supreme Court eventually upholding it as constitutional last June, on the grounds that it was a tax, and not a mandate. In other words, it was decided that the government isn’t forcing Americans to buy a product they may or may not want -- it is just taxing them if they don’t.

In 2008, California passed Proposition 8, which defined marriage as an institution between one man and one woman in the state’s constitution. Close to 53 percent of Californians supported the measure, which is the same percentage of Americans that voted for Obama for his historic win.

Since California is a solidly blue state, it’s pretty safe to assume that if they voted overwhelmingly to keep marriage between a man and a woman, the majority of Americans as a whole probably didn’t support gay marriage.

Florida Atlantic University has recently come under fire due to a class activity in which students were asked to write “Jesus” on a piece of paper, put it on the floor in front of them, and stomp on it. It was supposed to teach something about culture and symbolism, and came from an official instructor’s manual.

Apparently this made several students uncomfortable, but one actually spoke out about the insulting and offensive nature of the assignment. Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon, says he picked up the paper and put it back on his desk. “I’m not going to be sitting in a class having my religious rights desecrated,” he told a local news station.

Rotela complained to the instructor’s supervisor -- and was subsequently suspended from class!

As someone who was raised Catholic but no longer practices the faith (just call me The Sinner Formerly Known as Catholic), I must confess: It was next to impossible NOT to occasionally poke fun at poor old Pope Benedict. Especially as his reign, for lack of a better word, came to an end ... I mean, come on. The Vatican's alleged secret sex ring? The red Prada shoes? The sombrero?! The man had his own cologne, for the love of God (presumably). And don't even get me started on the Twitter account.

But this new guy, Pope Francis? He's not your everyday Holy Father: This Thursday -- Holy Thursday -- instead of saying mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has chosen the chapel of a penal institute for minors in Rome ... where he will wash and kiss the feet of 12 young inmates, following the example of Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper.

Here's some stuff we know about The Lord: He's omnipresent. He works in mysterious ways. He loves himself some tacos. And he clearly loves a good prank, too, because that dude is always showing up in the unlikeliest of places! High-five, God, for keepin' us on our toes! I mean, it would be sort of predictable if someone opened up their bible and -- hey, what's that funny mark on the first page of Genesis? Hallelujah, it's Ink Blot Jesus!

But that almost never happens. Jesus is always making random appearances in somebody's tuna melt or as a mole on some guy's back. Or on the drop cloth Brian Krantz of Massachusetts used when he spray-painted the shutters on his windows ... four years ago. The weirdest part? Krantz didn't notice his personal savior staring up at him from that drop cloth until recently -- or, as he puts it, he's been living in the same house as Jesus Christ for four years, he just didn't know it. Ready for a religious experience?