Beyond The Da Vinci Code

July, 2006

Conspiracy theorists are already having a field day. With the additions of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court has a majority of Catholics for the first time in history. Whenever a Catholic gains political office, whispers about pernicious influence and subordination to ecclesiastical authority are never far behind. Rumors such as those cited in the Washington Post and Newsweek claim justices Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas belong to the ultraconserva...