Jesus Christ, Superstar

One more sign that the end days are upon us: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has apologized for slamming Mel Gibson's Jesus bio-pic based on stolen versions of early scripts.

Not only that, the bishops are actually returning the stolen merchandise. For a church that took several hundred years to say "sorry" to Galileo, this represents real progress, even as the flap over Gibson's flick, to be released next Ash Wednesday (can't wait for that trailer) testifies to the continuing importance of religion in the most secularized country in the world.

A teaser clip for a film that certainly won't be any more boring than all of the other Jesus films already made is online here.