On Pentecost weekend (no coincidence), 1,800 progressive, reform-minded Catholics came together from across the U.S. and Canada (plus a smattering from other parts of the world), to attend the American Catholic Council conference in Detroit. The ACC is an attempt to create an umbrella organization uniting smaller groups like Future Church, Call to Action, Voice of the Faithful, Pax Christi, Women's Ordination Conference, SNAP and CORPUS, among myriad others.

Someday, a better, healthier, more sustainable Catholic Church may look back on Pentecost weekend 2011 as a beginning worth remembering. That remains to be seen, of course, but whatever comes of this, it was a good first step.

Just when you thought Justin Bieber couldn’t get more ALPHA, he gets spotted chilling shirtless on a couch, giving his bitch Selena Gomez a footrub, getting ready to get his fuck on, sporting an Obey Stencil snap back hat . Maybe that’s why we’re all sold out of that shit, because the Bieb probably bought a fresh one for every day of the week. If you don’t think upon seeing this picture we immediately got on the horn to Obey to get a buttload of restocks in preparation for the ensuing wave of Bieber fever sufferers trying to cop the look and feel of their hero, you’re definitely wrong. In the meantime, we still got plenty of Bieber-free Obey gear in stock for those who might not want to rock Bieber style. After all: not all dudes can roll that HARD.