Appreciate the reference and am starting to read the story of Ham.  Like many stories in the Bible, it is confusing and I can see why it has had many different interpretations over time.  I am at the stage of :  How can anyone take that story and give it a "literal" interpretation?

It is not just Catholicism or Christianity that has to deal with finding a balance on religious beliefs and individual conscious, freedom, opportunity.  The Islamic world is in turmoil over it, as is Hinduism in India.  I don't know enough about other religions.  

Globalization and instant/ mass communication has put people of different faiths, backgrounds, cultures in each other's neighborhoods - literally and figuratively. We either have to learn to live in respect of differences or give up on globalization.  Well, another way would be for the once glorious industrialized/advanced and civilized nations to reconquer the world and send in the Christian missionaries to subdue other cultures and religions.