The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is always one of the hottest topics in the theatre community. A huge amount of theatre in the US is created or presented at non-profit theatres that operate under the protection of or
Jesus told the first generation of bishops, the apostles, to be as wise as serpents and simple as doves. Up until very recently, this generation of bishops got it backwards when it came to ACORN. There’s obviously been a lot
Vatican Radio: The Director of Vatican Radio, Fr Federico Lombardi, and the Secretary of the Governorate of Vatican City State, Bishop Renato Boccardo, teamed up with the president of Italy’s electricity company Enel today for a press conference launching the
Tech Radar: Mere months after getting his online toes wet with a new channel on YouTube, Pope Benedict has gone even more Web 2.0 on us with a Facebook presence and an iPhone application. The Vatican is using the various
A frequent cavil by participants in the Angels & Demons debate is, “It’s just a movie!” (Or, “It’s fiction!”) The implication is that the filmmakers made this movie just so they could tell a ripping good yarn. Stipulating for the
There’s a lot of “It’s better than ‘The Da Vinci Code‘” flying around about director Ron Howard’s “Angels & Demons,” but that’s a lot like saying “It’s smarter than Nancy Pelosi” or “It’s less involved with the Nazis than George
The first review of “Angels & Demons” hit the streets today and apparently director Ron Howard took a different tack with his second adaptation of Dan Brown novel. The Hollywood Reporter says the “Da Vinci Code” prequel treats The Vatican
CBS News: Fake Swiss Guards stood at attention on the red carpet Monday as “Angels & Demons,” the thriller based on the Dan Brown best-selling novel of the same name, had its world premiere. Brown joined actors Tom Hanks and
People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to. – Malcolm Muggeridge I’m a fan of Ron Howard. I’m also a Roman Catholic. So when Howard recently defended his upcoming film, Angels and Demons, on
Embedded video from CNN Video AP: Pope Benedict XVI carried a tall, lit candle symbolizing hope into a darkened St. Peter’s Basilica packed with faithful Saturday night in the traditional start of the Vatican’s vigil Mass on the eve of
[There are spoilers in this post.] 24 isn’t the first thing most people would think of when looking for a pop-culture representation of papal guidance, but if you’ve been watching 24 this season, you’ve seen a taste of what Pope
AP: The Vatican’s attempts to keep the Pelosi visit low-profile displayed its obvious unease with the new U.S. administration. Benedict and Bush had found common ground in opposing abortion, an issue that drew them together despite their differences over the
As a writer and consumer of entertainment, I really hate clichés and stereotypes. They’re only useful for misdirection, making readers believe the story is going a certain way so you can fool them. But Hollywood keeps trotting out the following
A sculpture depicting a frog being crucified has been condemned by the Vatican. Pope Benedict has condemned as blasphemous a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg. Despite the pope’s disapproval, the
AP: Pope Benedict XVI has left the Vatican and is now on his way to the United States. It will be his first visit to the U.S. as pontiff. President Bush will greet the pope when he lands at Andrews
AP: Italy’s most prominent Muslim, an iconoclastic writer who condemned Islamic extremism and defended Israel, converted to Catholicism Saturday in a baptism by the pope at a Vatican Easter service.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=3069759 Tens of thousands Saturday staged the Gay Pride parade in Rome, urging the Italian government to fast-track plans to grant homosexual couples legal status and override Vatican objections.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1268006,.html Kate and Gerry McCann traveled to the Vatican to receive the blessings of Pope Benedict XVI. The McCann’s 4-year-old daughter Madeleine disappeared May 3rd on a family trip to Portugal.
