** Vatican's Gay Timebomb ** Visual Effects Industry on the Rocks ** Bullying Reconsidered ** Bad Gun Science ** Yahoo! Dials Back on Working From Home **

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After allegations surfaced that he engaged in "inappropriate acts" towards fellow priests, Britain's highest ranking Catholic Cardinal Keith O'Brien was forced to resign this week, and recent Italian headlines have featured numerous gay sex scandals involving the Vatican - some speculative. Journalist Mark Dowd is a former Dominican friar who is openly gay and has spent years reporting on the Catholic Church. He's not surprised by the latest scandals and claims the priesthood's closet is much bigger than the Vatican is ready to admit.

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Across the country this week, schools celebrated the annual anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day. Meanwhile, in Ottawa, a Justice Committee heard support for an anti-cyberbullying bill. What was once dismissed as a sad but inevitable part of childhood is now seen as a serious social problem. Slate reporter Emily Bazelon asks some tough questions about bullying and what can really be done about it in her new book, "Sticks and Stones."

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Spot this green square on your social media networks? That's a symbol of protest from visual effects artists. Hundreds of VFX workers gathered outside last Sunday's Oscar ceremony to protest the dire state of their industry. When Rhythm and Hues Supervisor Bill Westenhofer accepted the Oscar for his company's visual effects work on Life of Pi, he was played off the stage before he could tell audiences the company is bankrupt, and the industry is suffering. Scott Ross, founder of Digital Domain and former general manager of Industrial Light and Magic, explains why even Oscar winners can go broke in the VFX industry's race to the bottom.

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When Marissa Mayer was appointed CEO of Yahoo! she was celebrated as a role model for women aiming to hold executive job titles, but her recent decision to ban working from home hasn't been met with much celebration. The edict has angered many Yahoo! employees and sparked a debate that rippled far beyond company walls this week. Co-founder and president of the Families and Work Institute Ellen Galinsky and Forbes Contributor Margie Warrell weigh in.

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With a number of US states pushing to seal gun records, and a Canadian long gun registry that's largely been destroyed, understanding the numbers that lead to gun legislation is more important than ever.  But according to Boing Boing Science Editor Maggie Koerth-Baker, the way that data are collected and interpreted has led to very little useful information about how guns are actually used. 

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Riffed from the Headlines is our weekly music-meets-the-news quiz. Can you guess the story that connects the three riffs? Listen Below. Email us at day6 @ cbc dot ca. Don't forget to include your mailing address, and put "Riffed From The Headlines" in the subject line. One random winner gets a Day 6 tote bag. Last week's winner was Kathy Carter from Edmonton, Alberta.

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** Oscar's Snow White Disaster ** Hollywood's Toughest Room ** Detroit, Decline and LeDuff ** Iceland's Porn Ban ** Buzz Bissinger on Oscar Pistorius **

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The opening act of the 1989 Oscars is one of the most infamous moments in the history of the Academy Awards. Rob Lowe is the awkward Prince Charming to the Disney-esque Snow White, played by Eileen Bowman. It was Bowman's first Hollywood gig, and the man behind the number never worked in Hollywood again. After more than two decades, she broke her silence to The Hollywood Reporter this week. She also shared with her memories with us.

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Oscar host Seth MacFarlane has his work cut out for him on Sunday. Getting the jokes right at the Academy Awards is tough as Dave Boone well knows - he's been at it for years. He's a two-time Emmy winner and has written Oscar jokes - live - for Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin.

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