In 2008, under then-pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican launched a broad investigation into the "quality of life" of American nuns, a move that, to a lot of those nuns, looked like it was meant to forcefully nudge them back in line. On Tuesday, the completed investigation was finally released; instead of being critical,…

Time to cue up the montage of your favorite papal moments over the past 8 years because earlier this morning Pope Benedict XVI announced that he is officially retiring from his important work of blessing Ferraris and denying women birth control as of February 28th of 2013. He is the first Pope to quit the job in…

Every year, Pope Benedict XVI gives a Christmas address at the Vatican. This December, he dedicated the festive event — one of his most important annual speeches — to homophobia, with a touch of anti-abortion sentiment thrown in for good measure. Happy holidays!

Children dressed in traditional Bavarian costumes wait for the start of a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI on the super special occasion of the Pontiff's 85th birthday in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI baptizes a child at the Vatican Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. The pope baptized 16 babies in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel. Some of the infants looked at him wide-eyed after he poured water from a golden shell-shaped dish over their forehead, as Benedict administered the sacrament Sunday, welcoming…

• Madonna thought the legendary photographer was angry at her, maybe "because I'm still nice to Herb Ritts??" She was making A League Of Their Own at the time, and wrote about how much she hated actresses — particularly Geena Davis:

[Edinburgh, September 16: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Queen Elizabeth II on the first day of his trip to the United Kingdom, the first state visit by a Pope to Britain since the 16th century. Image via Getty.]

[Vatican City, December 13. Image via Getty]

[Bruno-Turany, Czech Republic; September 27. Image via Getty]

[Vatican City, July 10. Image via Getty]

[Vatican City; July 8. Image via Getty]

[Nazareth, Israel; May 14. Image via Getty]

[Bethlehem, May 13. Image via Getty]

• For the love of God, please let Dolly Parton get her own makeup line. [Chic Report]
  
• The Pope hates expensive shit. [WWD, sub req'd]
  
• "We're one of her favorite stores," says a spokeswoman for Henri Bendel of Shopaholic Isla Fisher. [WWD, 1st item]
  
• WTF? The New York Ranger's Sean Avery is interning at Vogue this summer?…

Today Pope Benedict XVI announced that limbo — the place where dead, unbaptized babies have resided for the past 800 years — is no more.