The Catholic Church has a longstanding reputation of opposing homosexuality, contraception and abortion. Though Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his views that condoms are making the spread of AIDS worse, during his visit to Madrid, he gave priests permission to lift excommunication for women who confess to having an abortion.

Say what? So while I am not Catholic, I’ll save you the Googling and explain the sitch to you as best I can. Under normal circumstances only certain priests are allowed to lift excommunication (aka getting kicked out of the church) for women who have had abortions. From last Tuesday to Sunday, 200 booths were set up in the Madrid park as part of World Youth Day 2011 events. For a full six-days women who have undergone abortions, as well as men who have pressured women to have abortions, were being forgiven. Read More »

In a not-at-all-unexpected turn of events, People magazine is reporting that Britney Spears is receiving “ongoing guidance” from that Hollywood beacon of sanity and stability Mr. Mel Gibson.

Word is that the duo met at the Havana Club, an exclusive Beverly Hills cigar club (Because where else would you meet to discuss, like, Jesus and sobriety and crap?) on Tuesday night where they talked for about two hours. Ever the hardcore journalist rag, People reports that Brit was “very quiet with a serious look on her face,” “looked like a doll wearing bright red lipstick,” and was “pretty in her new Capri jeans, a blue blouse, white shoes, and a brown bag.”

Somebody get them a Pulitzer, pronto.

The Spears/Gibson relationship was first brought to the attention of the paparazzi in March when they were seen dining together in a restaurant; then in May, Brit traveled with her pops, Mel, and his wife to Costa Rica where she spent a majority of her time boning up on her tacky swimsuit-wearing skills. Now Mel has apparently gone all Tom Cruise on her ass and is trying to clue her in to Mel Gibson’s Way of the Lord, a.k.a. Old-School Catholicism Meets Gay S&M Porn. Read More »

• Guys are no longer allowed to tell me women are the only ones with body issues. (Hindustantimes.com)

• Ugh, if I see Brit’s vag one more time I think I’m going to have to call her my girlfriend. (Co Ed Magazine)

• Informal Poll: What’s worse? Setting your penis on fire or getting boiling water poured all over it by a vengeful, angry woman? (NBC Jacksonville)

• This is why you ALWAYS save your reciept. (BBSpot.com)

• There are all sorts of jokes I could make about the words sex, wet, abstinence, Catholicism, and even just the irony of this entire article…but I’m still confused about why there are still girls in their 20′s who are waiting for marriage. Did Engaged and Underage teach us nothing? (Pennlive.com)