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Garry Wills speaks. It’s an interview on a Boston-area radio show, pointed out to us in a comment below. He’s speaking, of course, about his new book What Jesus meant, reviewed here in First Things. I am officially tired of the Pontifical Stylings of Garry Wills. What it seems that we have here is a…

The Ides of March, of course. Now, as a commentor has pointed out, Julius Caesar wasn’t actually assassinated on exactly this spot: (Also the cat sanctuary)…but nearby. That’s okay – close enough. According to this site, the wall of Pompey’s Theater, at which the Senate was meeting that day, is visible behind one of the…

I thought they were okay – the blood oranges, that is. Michael thought they were about the grossest thing he’d ever seen, double that when, one day that week, he watched some being fresh-squeezed for juice at his morning coffee bar. "Like…blood…" he said. Different, that for sure – the Clementines were more popular though.…

In the post-trip fog of last week – the PA trip, not the Roma trip – I shamefully forgot to mention that I’d met a blog reader at the talk – The always witty and sharp Jen Ambrose. Do go check out her blog – she’s recuperating from surgery, so keep her in your prayers,…

Michael has a more complete post on the General Audience we attended, including several photographs in which you can follow the progress of the Pope Hot Wheels down the steps in front of the Basilica…in case you ever wondered how that worked!

Dave Armstrong has updated his John Henry Newman page with 100 new links!

I started a list of them over on the left hand sidebar. Under "Rome Posts." Pretty crafty, I thought. Will add to it a bit later.

Described here in a New Republic "review" of two new books. I put "review" in quotation marks only because the piece is less an evaluation of the books themselves than a survey of Maritain’s life and intellectual journey. Which is fine. Being in TNR, it’s subscriber-only, but you can always read it in the library,…

Sandro Magister goes after Cardinal Martino In effect, the premise of the “Corriere” is correct: Martino is a genuine loose cannon in the curia. On repeated occasions, his statements to the press have created serious difficulties for the Vatican authorities. On the eve of the war in Iraq, for example, his pacifist and anti-American quips…

Some will snipe at "triumphalism," but ah well. Go read this Fanciful History of Western Civilization, and not just ’cause I’m mentioned. (And thanks for the mention!) 2006 Catholic bloggers have little to report – fight among selves. Endlessly discuss whether the predominant economic system throughout the world is “Distributism” or “Distributivism.” The vicious Grammar…
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