A meeting of Catholic clergy in Vatican City over the past two weeks has ended without a consensus on acceptance of homosexuality. A draft released last week of the report on the meeting on family issues contained contentious language at bishops have spent the week walking back.

The Catholic Church reached a huge milestone today when bishops declared that gay partnerships have value and that LGBT people have plenty of "gifts" to offer the church. Even though gay marriage is still off the table, conservative Catholic groups are pissed.

Cool Pope marries 20 couples, some of whom are already living together and one couple who already has a child, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Image by Alberto Pizzoli, via AP.

Cool Pope is at it again. This Sunday, he's going to marry 20 couples who are already cohabiting. Some of the couples even have kids! Their poor Catholic grandmothers are going to feel so much better now. (Cohabitation is a sin in the Catholic Church).

Cool Pope Francis confirmed today that it is acceptable for the U.S. to use force in Iraq in order to protect religious minorities. He explained to the Associated Press:

Perhaps to make up for his uncool stance on legalizing weed, Pope Francis ordered his driver to stop his car on Saturday so he could bless a disabled woman and her family, who were waiting alongside the highway for the pope to pass

Cool Pope Francis confesses his sins in full view of cameras and attendant churchgoers. "At one point, the priest hearing his confession appeared to chuckle," the Associated Press reports. "Francis, solemn-faced, then rose and started hearing confessions himself." Image via AP Photo/L' Osservatore Romano.

On Monday, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the so-called "Bishop of Bling," who spent an estimated $43 million renovating his private residence last year.

Cool Pope Francis strikes again: On Sunday, the pontiff accidentally said "fuck" during his weekly blessing from the Vatican.

Pope Francis suspended Germany's infamous “Bishop of Bling” today after learning that the bishop spent as much as $55 million renovating his official residence, including a Bloombergian-$20,000 on his bathtub.