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More follow up on Da Vinci Code and the Vatican from today’s Publisher’s Lunch: Another Prominent Catholic Is Softer On CODEMonsignor Jose Maria Pinheiro, nominated to be bishop of Sao Paulo just two weeks ago, has adopted a softer position on THE DA VINCI CODE than the Vatican-appointed antagonist Cardinal Bertone. Pinheiro said “I would… Continue reading

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According to Publisher’s Lunch newsletter: Vatican Joins in Decoding Da Vinci The DA VINCI CODE is just a work of fiction, but the Vatican is taking its worldwide popularity seriously enough that it has appointed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Archbishop of Genoa and one of potential candidates to be the next Pope, to counter what… Continue reading

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Asleep at the Wheel Dept. Hans Bethe, the last of the great European physicists to flee Hitler and help develop atomic power in the U.S, died yesterday at age 98. He won the Nobel prize for showing how, in a step by step process, the sun fuses hydrogen into helium. And what makes the front… Continue reading