November 2nd Comments (280) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

As some readers here know, I used to work in politics – as a speech writer for a Republican attorney general and for a Democratic governor. Needless to say, this year, it has been tempting…

September 24th Comments (89) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I must confess that I thought that the original subject of this blog, The Da Vinci Code, was …

September 2nd Comments (139) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

So, is it “Juno” Alaska or Juneau Palin? Since we’ve already reacted, in a light-hearted way, to one vice-presidential pick…

August 23rd Comments (17) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I’ve tried to steer this blog real clear of politics, and this post isn’t meant to be…

August 14th Comments (19) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

OK, OK. That’s not fair. If you want the whole quotation, then…

July 28th Comments (79) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

July 11th Comments (123) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I remember well the moment that Pope Benedict XVI emerged on the balcony

April 27th Comments (392) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

Before the Holy Father left Rome, I told a number of journalists that they shouldn’t be surprised if the pope…

April 13th Comments (126) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

During the celebration of Holy Mass on Easter Sunday morning, as a torrential rain pummeled St. Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI looked out at the sea of umbrellas and soaking pilgrims and urged the people….

February 28th Comments (589) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

That was the title that came to mind after reading the report of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in America. It was not….

January 31st Comments (297) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

After all the talk - in a post on an election! - about foster care on the blog recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see the reading in my breviary this morning, the feast of St. John Bosco. It may provide…

January 5th Comments (231) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

Everyone knows that, in these days, we find ourselves in a moment of change and decision, the outcome of which will …

December 26th Comments (56) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

This is not quite a poem, but I guess it should be read like one…

December 22nd Comments (34) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

After Nicolas Sarkozy’s historic speech in the Basilica of St. John Lateran and today’s news about Tony Blair’s reception into full communion with the Catholic Church, we are taking bets …