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Pope Benedict XVI

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2013

    Roger Mahony Heads To Rome For Pope Vote Despite D.A. Priest Abuse Review

    If you thought Roger Mahony being stripped of his "duties" was a cop out intended to make you think the church was doing something regarding past priest abuse and the Cardinal's strategy to transfer bad clergy away from the prying eyes of the law, you're probably right. It was a mild, public slap i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Pope Sends 'Historic' First Tweet (VIDEO)

    news.vaDon't strain a knuckle there, champ.​Was it something about the visit of modern-minded Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, currently in Vatican City for to receive a special wool pallium, that inspired Pope Benedict XVI to warble out his first Tweet, via Twitter for iPad, this afterno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    RIP: The Lost LA Music Venues of 2010

    LA City Hall: Now in the business of shutting down harmless art and music spaces (boo!)​ First they came for the raves, then they came for the medical marijuana dispensaries, and then they came for the Echo Curio. At least we can now breathe a sigh of relief that no one will ever abuse Ecstacy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Eat Like A Pope: Or Not

    Getty Imagespotato noodles with liver sausage and vanilla​What's a little systemic child abuse and closet Nazism when we can talk about the current Pontiff's childhood eating habits. Eat Like A Pope, released last month from Italian publisher De Agostini Group, documents the dishes eaten by Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Queen Latifah Not Coming Out of the Closet on May 5th (If She's Indeed In Any Kind of Closet--We Wouldn't Know)

    NOT coming out on 5/5: Queen Latifah​Word got out that a celebrity will be coming out on May 5, possibly on the cover of People magazine. Rampant speculation started on popular site Jezebel and other internet founts of gossip and innuendo. Then, the Queer Town column in the LA Weekly's LA Dail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Pope Names Texas Latino To Succeed Cardinal Mahony

    ​Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio to succeed Cardinal Roger Mahony as head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, putting the Texan in line to become the highest-ranking Latino Catholic church leader in the United States. The Los Angeles Archdiocese made the announcement ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    May 14, 2009

    Angels & Demons: Holy Crap

    Da Vinci Code sequel has a need for speed

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Dem on Dem Payback State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-L.A.) disciplined three members of her party for not voting to put spending limits on the ballot -- part of a key compromise Democrats made to finally pass a budget with Republicans. Stripped of their committee chairmanships were Black Caucus l ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    October 9, 2008

    Martin Kippenberger's "Problem Perspective" at MOCA: Enter the K-Hole

    The art of obnoxiousness

  • Film+TV

    October 12, 2006

    Devils in Disguise

    A pedophile priest and his pious protectors

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Legally Corrupt

    Don’t expect Phil or Arnold to rush to endorse the clean-money initiative

  • Film+TV

    June 22, 2006

    Critics' Picks

    If you see only seven films at this year’s LAFF, make it these

  • Stage

    April 27, 2006

    Strong Suits

    Dressing for war and peace

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Terminatable

    Beaten by unions and beset by Angelides, Arnold looks shaky for 2006

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Virgin / Whore

    The Catholic Church and women — can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Stalino-Papism

    The Vatican goes with its chief inquisitor

  • Columns

    April 14, 2005

    The Mortal Storm

    The Deaths of the 20th Century

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Pursuing the Vatican Vote

    Bush woos John Paul II

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