The Last Supper (1494-1498) by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. During the bitter-cold first week in February, I went to snow-bound Milan to write stories about an annual world-class food-and-wine event called “IdentitàGolose” and Milan University’s Library and Archive of Egyptology. With great good luck (because [...]
MASS IN ROME Pictured from left are: Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington, VA; Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington; Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington; Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem; and Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for [...]
January Tuesday 17 IMPRISONED CLERGY “‘DAMAGING FOR CHINA’” In an interview published by AsiaNews, a Rome-based missionary news agency, Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, called on Beijing to release nine arrested Catholic bishops and priests, saying their continued detention “damages China’s international image.” “We need to pray for [...]
John Ogilvie, son of the Calvinist Scottish baron of Drum-na-Keith and the Lady Douglas of Lochleven, was born in 1579 in Banffshire, Scotland. The laird of Drum-na-Keith sent his eldest son abroad so that John could have the full benefit of French Calvinism, and he studied for a few years at Louvain. The boy of 15 [...]
It’s a good while since we’ve had the chance to check out the more upscale Via dei Condotti area of Rome, and the visit of Mr. Kenneth Gineger, a publisher from New York, provided the opportunity. He was staying in the area and wanted to take me to the restaurant known as La Matricianella in the [...]
