I was just thinking last week that it’s been a while since we heard anything good or juicy about The Bride of Xenu, Katie Holmes. Despite the fact that Katie spent much of 2009 looking bloated enough that we ran several “Is Katie pregnant?” stories, she’s been keeping a low profile in 2010. I should note, however, that despite the faux-pregnancy bloat, Katie also spend a lot of time last year finding her own stuff to do, separately from Xenu. She went to Australia and filmed a movie, spending significant time away from Tom. She also filmed a movie in New York, also spending time away from Tom.

Still, Tom and Katie seemed to weather the tabloid storm claiming that they were done, and now we’re getting a little taste of some vintage Xenu gossip. It seems Katie might have been largely absent from the gossip world for the past two months because she’s been undergoing rigorous auditing at the LA Scientology center. X17’s sources have her there for hours and hours at a time, while Page Six’s sources claim that “This is exactly what happened just before she got pregnant with Suri… It is almost as if she is being prepared for it.”

Katie Holmes has been undergoing intense Scientology “auditing” — sparking rumors that she’s “being prepared” for her second baby with high-priest husband Tom Cruise. After promoting the Kevin Kline movie “The Extra Man,” and the dramedy “The Romantics,” at Sundance, Holmes is back to spending hours at the Hollywood Scientology Center.

Last week, she spent more than four hours there. A source told Page Six, “This is exactly what happened just before she got pregnant with Suri. Tom has made no secret of the fact that he would like another baby. It is almost as if she is being prepared for it.”

Scientologists believe the “health and the sanity of the child begin long before birth,” according to a church-run Web site, which campaigns for silent birth. A rep for Holmes didn’t return e-mails.

[From Page Six]

My father thinks Scientology is hysterical, and whenever he sees Nicole Kidman, he makes a crack about how she couldn’t handle being audited by two tin cans and a string. Chuckle. Honestly, though, the more I hear about CoS’s “auditing” the more I fear for Katie. Auditing can get hardcore, like psychological torture. Which begs the question… if Katie is spending all of this time at the CoS center, preparing to get pregnant again, why? Why does she need to be “prepared”? Is this a Rosemary’s Baby situation?

Katie Holmes in New York on February 9, 2010. Credit: WENN.