At Washington DC Red Mass- Archbishop Talks Scalia

The Washington Red Mass Homily , that sometimes are controversial because they hit on pro life themes, was very very short yesterday for some odd reason. It could be because even with the abbreviated Homily the Mass was running 90 minutes. An eternity to some Washington Politicos I bet that were sitting in the pews.

Whispers in the Loggia has the details at At Red Mass, No Red Meat . This is pretty funny though

Foley told an interesting anecdote about a visit he had from Justice Scalia and his wife in Rome several years ago. Recalling his doctoral dissertation on natural law, Foley said he offered examples to Scalia of cases in which the Warren Court had "transcended mere positive law" to reach its results. In both Brown v. Board of Education and Gideon v. Wainwright, Foley said, the Court resorted to principles of equality that went beyond written law. Foley said Scalia disagreed with him until his wife Maureen interjected, "Oh admit it, Nino, the archbishop was right." As the audience laughed, Foley added that Mrs. Scalia is "a woman of exceptional taste and discernment."