Rosario, Argentina—hometown of the international soccer star Lionel Messi—is now forbidding parents living in the town to name their babies Messi. Apparently the regional civil register is forbidding the name because Messi is a surname, not a given name. (Washington Post)

Paul Asay has written for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for PluggedIn and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He recently collaborated with Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, on his book The Good Dad. He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.