April 25th Comments (6) / RSS Post Filed under Recommended Posts, The Da Vinci Code

I recently did a podcast interview on Opus Dei and The Da Vinci Code with Jim Merante, who runs the excellent Universal Call podcasting service. You can listen to it here And check out their other podcasts.

April 21st Comments (10) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

On the whole, I thought that the text of the Time article on Opus Dei was rather good. I know that the reporters worked hard on it, and it conveys a good deal of what Opus Dei is all about, especially through the side-bar interviews with people like the real Silas of Opus Dei.

April 21st Comments (22) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I never thought I’d feel sorry for Dan Brown, but – gosh Рthe article on Opus Dei in this week’s Time is awfully tough on The Da Vinci Code

April 21st Comments (157) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

Yesterday, walking around Rome, I came across the Church of St.Pantaleone, which is between Piazza Navona and Campo de’ Fiori on one of the busiest streets in town, the Corso Vittorio Emmanuele. Work is being done on the facade, and the scaffolding is covered with

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April 16th Comments (8) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I saw this painting a few weeks ago, when I was giving talks about the Da Vinci Code at the British Institute and the diocesan seminary in Florence. This 1581 painting seems particularly fitting today not only because it portrays Mary Magdalen in

April 16th Comments (101) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

Twice in The Da Vinci Code, we hear that “the quest for the Holy Grail is the quest to kneel before the bones of Mary Magdalene.” To which, I can’t help thinking that, at least for a Christian, there can only be one natural response: “been there, done that.”

Not that I’ve actually visited her tomb.

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.

April 5th Comments (155) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I doubt that the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival realized that May 17th, the date on which The Da Vinci Code premieres there, is the anniversary of the beatification of Opus Dei’s founder, St. Josemaria Escriva – but it’s a nice touch. Barbara Nicolosi has sagely suggested that we all celebrate the day by [...]

April 4th Comments (4) / RSS Post Filed under The Da Vinci Code

I did a Podcast with Javier Plumey, a Catholic podcaster who co-hosts the Hands and Feet Podcast, part of the SQPN network of Catholic podcasts. Their Episode 15 is titled “Opus Dei Explained”. You’ll find it here and I’m sure you’ll like it. Click on this link; or go to this more direct link