Religion & Law

"The Vatican" has, according to this report, endorsed The Blues Brothers:

When Jake and Elwood Blues, the protagonists in John Landis' cult classic "The Blues Brothers," claimed they were on a mission from God, the Catholic Church apparently took them at their word.

On the 30th anniversary of the film's release, "L'Osservatore Romano," the Vatican's official newspaper, called the film a "Catholic classic" and said it should be recommended viewing for Catholics everywhere. . . .

I take this as official confirmation that Jake Blues (that is, John Belushi) has, as the Penguin demanded, "redeemed [himself]."  God bless him.  (He did, after all, take on the Illinois Nazis.)