Ambassadors from the Web 2.0 — aka execs from Google, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia — are headed to the Vatican to introduce Catholic bishops to the mysterious ways of the internet. We think the Pope and his pals will fit riiiight in.
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VIDEO: Sarah Silverman: End world hunger, sell the Vatican
Sarah Silverman has got world hunger all figured out. Just sell the Vatican and use the $500 billion to feed all the poor children. That way, you won’t have to see them on your HD flat screen television looking sad.
Blair’s mission from God rings hollow
Former British PM Tony Blair continued his Mission from God last week with a star-billing at a conference at the Vatican. Too bad his actions in office don’t coincide with his Catholic principles.
Why should priests retire at 75?
Despite dwindling numbers of priests, the Catholic Church refuses to retain influential men of the cloth with wide appeal, like Father Bob Maguire, once they reach 75, writes Crikey intern James Pattison.
Vatican goes Wilde for Oscar
In a move akin to Green Left Weekly celebrating the life and times of Wilson Tuckey, the official newspaper of the Vatican has written a glowing article on homosexual icon Oscar Wilde.
Political snippets: Should Rudd really root for MacKillop’s sainthood?
Richard Farmer reveals breakthroughs in hairy back research and asks if our lapsed Catholic Prime Minister — who now prays as an Anglican — is really the best person to lobby the cause of Mary MacKillop’s sainthood.
Sexy letters to the Pope
Wanda Poltawska was a good friend of Pope John Paul II; they wrote letters to each other for decades — sometimes about sex. Now she’s published them and the Vatican are furious.
Don’t mention the war: Vatican rewrites Pope’s Hitler Youth past
The Vatican blundered into a fresh public relations fiasco on Tuesday after seeking to rewrite the biography of Pope Benedict XVI by denying that he was ever a member of the Hitler Youth.
