Vatican: solar cells may bring roofs into the 21st C., but their penises are still in the dark ages

An economic and feasibility study from the Vatican has found that solar panels are a good thing and should be applied to roof tops at the Catholic HQ in Rome. The first will be on a rarely used auditorium due to be updated next year.

Reasons cited include protected natural resources and saving the environment, because a ruined environment makes "the lives of poor people on Earth especially unbearable."

How true.

The poorest people in the world ARE going to be the ones hardest hit by climate change and higher energy prices. Like Africans.

Do you know what ELSE makes the lives of Africans especially unbearable? The AIDS epidemic. Do you know what helps stop the spread of HIV? Condoms.

And though we’ve heard rumors that Pope Benedict is considering endorsing the use of condoms to fight AIDS in hard-hit regions such as African, we’ve still seen no change. He continued to toe the party line in his recent visit to Brazil, a country that has aggressively fought its AIDS problem with lots and lots of free condoms.

So here’s the thing: if the Vatican can pull it’s backwards collective brain into the 21st century, fighting climate change and environmental justice with some of the newest technology available, why can’t it recognize the changing landscape of health and morality to help Africa? I mean seriously.

Then again, as Brazil has shown (especially with its recent funding of cheap contraceptives) you can be a Catholic county and ignore the Vatican all you like. Sweet.