Earlier this week, Pope Francis urged Catholics to cool it a little on procreation, saying, "God gives you methods to be responsible. Some think that — excuse the word — that in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits. No." Not happy: rabbit breeders, one of whom tells the Telegraph that the Pope's… » 1/21/15 1:10pm Wednesday 1:10pm

Cool Pope (real name) just came back from visiting the largest Catholic nation in Asia and he's got some thoughts he needs to let out, namely the fact that maybe catholics have a "moral responsibility" not to have as many kids as they're having. » 1/19/15 11:00pm Monday 11:00pm

In today's Tweet Beat, we receive reflections on this Eve of our New Year from Shia LaBeouf, Cool Pope and an excellent suggestion from Jordan Peele. Happy 2015 y'all! » 12/31/14 7:30pm 12/31/14 7:30pm

Pope Francis refuses to be one-upped by even the royal family—the pope has announced that in 2015, he will be making his first ever visit to the United States since his appointment. But don't get too excited yet—he's going to Philly. » 11/17/14 9:50am 11/17/14 9:50am

The (comparatively) hip new Pope is really going for it this week, first saying all kinds of compassionate stuff about gay people and divorcees, and now, Religion News Service reports, announcing a plan to build showers for the homeless in St. Peter's Square, the plaza directly in front of Francis's crib. » 11/13/14 5:50pm 11/13/14 5:50pm

This morning, for a brief, shining moment, CNN fat shamed the pope. Not even His Holiness is immune from an overly critical media that promotes an unrealistic papal body image. What next? Airbrushing cleavage on The Virgin Mary? » 6/18/14 6:30pm 6/18/14 6:30pm

Cool pope Pope Francis is so cool (HOW COOL IS HE?) that he recently said he'd be willing to baptize aliens from outer space if they ever touch down on Earth looking to be saved. » 5/13/14 5:50pm 5/13/14 5:50pm

Oh, Pope Francis. We're all trying so hard to be into you—despite the fact that you are the figurehead of a historically oppressive international corporation that shelters pedophiles, stigmatizes safe sex, and encourages the mass marginalization of women and gay people—so why don't you just go all the way and really… » 1/13/14 7:50pm 1/13/14 7:50pm