Cancun, Mexico - The Mexican Catholic Church is offended, pissed, and ready for a good fight against American lite-porn house Playboy. The Church, which views gambling as a place that "attracts criminal elements," does not want one placed in front of its front door.

The Catholic Church of Cancun in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico is asking the Playboy Casino to move since it is located less than 250 yards from a place of worship - a violation of the law.

The Playboy Casino, which originally opened in 2010, was closed due to damage from a nearby fire and then reopened in November 2012. The Casino with its trademark scantily clad bunnies is located near Cancun’s "Cristo Rescucitado" - Church of the Risen Christ. The Mexican Catholic Church lost its first round in court and the case has now moved up to the Federal District Court in Quintana Roo, with the Church vowing to fight on.

Cristo Rescucitado is one of Cancun’s newer churches. It started in 1995 as a tent site and then built a formal structure in 2000. Some feel the Church should have never entered an already established tourist area.

In a statement, the Bishop of the Prelature of Cancun, Mgr. Pedro Pablo Elizondo opined: "In Mexico, the Church has always condemned the connection between drug trafficking, violence, abuse of power, gambling, and corruption, which are at the expense of the poor and suffering. In many cases violence was linked to casino environments where criminals often circulate."

Playboy Enterprises partnered with Mexican casino mogul Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona, a man with a criminal record and reported ties to criminal organizations, to open the $7.5 million casino complex.

The Church leadership is also planning on taking its battles with Playboy to President Enrique Peña Nieto in hopes he will intervene.