the pope

From The Room: Jesus On The Cross-Over Marketing

May 14, 2008 - Important news today from the Vatican's chief astronomer (raise your hand if you knew the Vatican had a chief astronomer): Aliens are most probably, could be sort of true! "How can we rule out that life may have developed...

Vatican absolves Catholic crackpots

May 15, 2008 - The Vatican's Chief Astronomer (the Vatican has a Chief Astronomer?) said Tuesday that a belief in extra-terrestrial life does not conflict with a belief in God. In an interview titled "The Extraterrestrial Is My...

From The Feed: The Pope's understudy comes to America (video)

April 15, 2008 - "Fox and Friends" reports on the dry run made by the Secret Service in preparation for the papal visit...

From The Room: Thou Shall Not...

March 10, 2008 - In lieu of the Vatican adding new sins to their "Bill Maher, we're talking to you" sacred tablet, I offer the following sins for review by His Holiness, his bishops, and that...

Pope to kiss Muslims' asses, probably when they're praying

March 11, 2008 - Last week, the Vatican announced the first ever "Catholic-Muslim Forum," to improve relations between the two religions. The first seminar, which runs November 4-6 in Rome, will be called "Love of God, Love of Neighbor." Pope Benedict XVI is planning to address the participants. The meeting is seen...

Pope urges followers to move to Squaresville and become a bunch of L7's

December 17, 2007 - At Mass on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI railed against Western pleasure-seekers. He urged worshippers to take inspiration from Mother Theresa, who immersed herself in the poorest of the poor in Calcutta. Said the pope, "Every day, she lived next to misery, human degradation and death...yet, she offered...