In its continued effort to speak to the wider culture more frequently, the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, released a Top 10 list of rock and pop albums for all time. Here is their "semi-serious" guide, perfect if you’re stranded on a desert island, the newspaper said:1. Revolver by The Beatles2. If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby3.

For your reading pleasure, a series of odd news links from this summer: In Turkey, a new reality TV show this fall will pit religious leaders against each other in an effort to convert 10 atheists, CNN reports. Offensive? Entertaining?

I recently picked up my Northwestern alumni magazine to find an interesting little story called, "What if there were no God?

I won’t try to fool you, but to add some levity to your April Fool’s day, here’s some real stuff that’s hard to believe. First, some odd new stories—surprisingly true:Nuns benefit from the recession, move into a McMansion. Abortion provider’s plane crashes into cemetery—with memorial for the unborn. It’s sad that he lost his family, but of all the places to crash, this is strange.