i never thought i'd see the day - the pope 'okays' condoms

I hardly ever open a newspaper, although I almost always bring the new local papers in for my partner to look through and check the flyers. My main way of finding out news is through FB (people's statuses, notes, and links). But, as I was waiting to get the tired torqued this morning, I sat down and picked up the 'free daily' Capital News. I read 3 stories while I waited, and am shocked I hadn't heard of the 3rd one...

First, DP had told me about the Korean tensions and violence yesterday, and it was the front cover story, so I read about that. Quite important news, I thought to myself, so glad it was on the cover!

Second, I see Jennifer Grey's picture (at the top of the paper), as she apparently won Dancing With The Stars last night. Not surprising in the least, despite the many years since Dirty Dancing. Reading this article (on page 8), I felt that I missed out of seeing her perform, as I hadn't watched one episode of DWTS this season, and didn't even know she was in it! (I had heard about Bristol Palin though - go figure!) ;-)

But while looking for another article to read I came across something Earth shattering, seriously, a moment I had begun to doubt would come in my lifetime -- while the Korean tensions were surprising, and are important in World news; and Jennifer Grey, I'm sure was the expected winner this season on DWTS, these 2 news stories are somewhat predictable. But... the Pope okaying use of condoms?!? Did I just read that? Did Hell freeze over? (Cause Kelowna sure did, but that's beside the point entirely.) The leader of the Catholic Church noted that the evil of using a condom is minor in comparison to the evil of spreading HIV/AIDS?!? Wow! Now that is news! Page 13 news in this newspaper - meaning less relevant than Korea and Jennifer Grey - seriously?
This is a day when I wish I did HIV/AIDS related research, because this is momentous news, and it gets pushed to page 13? What has the world come to? Do people not realize the importance of this? I mean, yes, I am glad that it got a sentence on the cover of the paper, but page 13? I don't care that it is 'only' world news, there is no way it should be on page 13! Why did I not see mention of this on FB yesterday (or first thing this morning)? This is HUGE news, HUGE. No, the pope didn't say he loves condoms, but he did say he approved of people using them. He said that spreading HIV/AIDS is worse than not letting a baby be conceived. This is HUGE. I can't imagine I'm the only one who thinks THIS should have been the cover story, although I totally appreciate the Korean conflict being there.
I just don't understand why 'World News' gets to be pushed to page 13, and even celebrity/TV news ranks higher. What's with that?
Ok, my rant is done (for now). I guess that's what it takes for me to blog after a 7+ month hiatus.
The pope saying 'okay' to condoms. I just never thought I'd see the day.