Dante Alighieri

Dan Brown conspiracy? 'The Da Vinci Code' ebooks -- free!

2013-03-18 09:25:00

Doubleday has announced that it will be giving away free e-books of Dan Brown's international bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" this week.� The free digital download is offered in celebration of the novel's 10th anniversary (to readers only in the U.S. and...

Scandal, speculation surround past popes who resigned

2013-02-11 13:02:00

This post has been updated, as indicated below. The decision by Pope Benedict XVI to resign is a reminder�of�some�colorful�and controversial moments in Roman Catholic Church history. The last pope to resign was�Gregory XII, who gave up the papacy...

The Last-Minute 'Rapture' Reading List

2011-05-20 16:34:47

'Dante's Inferno' and the rings of pop culture

2010-02-20 16:33:27

Cardinal Avery Dulles, prominent Catholic theologian, dies at 90

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Cardinal Avery Dulles, a former professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., who was born into a family of elite Protestant diplomats and became one of the country's most prominent Catholic theologians, died Friday at an infirmary at Fordham...

The snapshots that survived

2003-11-06 00:00:00

My family's first California home was a mental institution, so I never found it odd that our next one was a madhouse. Our parents purchased 1788 Belmont Lane 45 years ago, and my brother, Tim, was still living there two weekends back, when an avalanche of...

Sic semper tyrannis

2013-03-06 18:30:05

What? Do even Latin American caudillos die? Apparently, according to the latest and last medical bulletin on the health (or lack thereof) of Hugo Chavez, perpetually re-electable president of Venezuela. No doubt many Venezuelans are grieving at the...

Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Keeping a journal can change your life

2012-11-29 19:14:00

I’ve kept a journal since 1961. That’s when I first met Amia Davia. She was beautiful! I felt like Dante Alighieri, walking the streets of Florence in the 13th century and meeting Beatrice Portinari. That same evening, he wrote one of the...

After 'hope and change,' what next?

2012-09-05 21:55:06

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy," the narrator is conveyed to the gates of hell, upon which he finds a sign: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." This city is not hell. But a case can be made, as the Democratic Party convenes...

After 'hope and change,' what next?

2012-09-04 20:48:00

In Dante Alighieri’s "Divine Comedy," the narrator is conveyed to the gates of hell, upon which he finds a sign: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." �This city is not hell. But a case can be made, as the Democratic Party convenes here to...

Weekly books roundup

2011-07-28 16:38:41

Un centenar de xilografías dantescas de Salvador Dalí recorren Rusia

2010-10-27 00:00:00

Week of February 23rd Free Screenings of Italian Films! On the third weekend of every month La Societa` Dante Alighieri, Miami Dade College and the Italian Film Festival will be showing three films, one on Thursday, one on Friday, and one on Saturday. Watch them all starting Feb 26th. Click

2009-02-24 13:39:13