Food Pope: God says sex and food are A-OK David Pescovitz

religion Catholic church dumped holy water from airplane onto the town below David Pescovitz

religion Pope urges barbers and hair stylists not to gossip David Pescovitz

rome Rome and the Catholic Church fighting over change tossed into the Trevi Fountain David Pescovitz

homelessness Duplicitous Catholic Bishop buys $2.3 million home with church funds after pleading for parishioners to help the homeless Seamus Bellamy

rape Cardinal says Pope "has a bigger agenda" than addressing Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis. Rob Beschizza

religion Project leveraging AI to scan and translate Vatican texts dating back to the 8th century Seamus Bellamy

crimes Pope won't apologize for brutal treatment of Indigenous Canadians Seamus Bellamy

crime Man pointed gun at priest "the whole time" he was giving confession David Pescovitz

genocide This children's book about Oliver Cromwell is like playful colonialist violence for kids Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

COVID-19 Catholics have more fun: baptism by squirt gun Matt Maranian

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

fantasy A free short story about Irish history to read while you're quarantined over St. Patrick's Day Thom Dunn

sex abuse Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy protection over sex abuse lawsuits Rob Beschizza

tabloids Prince Harry begs forgiveness, the Queen shops Prince Andrew to the Feds, and Kirstie Alley’s secret life, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan