June 7th Comments (240) / RSS Post Filed under Life of Jesus Christ, On Opus Dei, Recommended Posts, The Da Vinci Code

Never have I read and heard so much about Opus Dei as in the last year. First came the novel The Da Vinci Code, then all the articles and television programs. Then the movie. Although much of the coverage has been quite good, I’m left with the sensation that, in the move from the reality [...]

April 12th Comments (24) / RSS Post Filed under Art, John Wauck, Life of Jesus Christ, Mortification, On Opus Dei, Recommended Posts, The Church, The Da Vinci Code

For the fortunate few who haven’t read it, here’s a brief summary of Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code, somewhat re-arranged for clarity’s sake.

January 27th Comments (11) / RSS Post Filed under Life of Jesus Christ, Recommended Posts, The Church, The Da Vinci Code

I trust that Pope Benedict XVI has not bothered to read The Da Vinci Code, but there are moments in this new encyclical, Deus caritas est, when it sounds as if he were writing a rebuttal to some of the nutty ideas about sex and Christianity that are thrown around in the novel. (Surely, Deus [...]