Sky News — Pope Benedict XVI has called for an end to "hatred and violence" in the Middle East during his midnight mass. more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Kelly Clarkson's new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You," will hit U.S. radio outlets January 19. The track will introduce the inaugural "American Idol" champ's fourth, as-yet-untitled studio album, due March 17 from RCA. more info

Sky News — Lesbian and gay Christians have criticised the Pope for saying that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving rainforests. more info

Perez Hilton — Who pissed in his Holy Water? On Monday Pope Benedict equated protecting the rain forest from man to protecting man from gays. Oh, yes he did! In an address to the Curia, the Pope said, "(The Church) should also protect man from the destruction of hi... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Timothy Pope (samples, programming) of Australian extreme metallers THE AMENTA was interviewed earlier this week by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). more info