Religion, Historical Fiction, and the American Pope
Portraying Catholic characters and the Catholic Church in my historical fiction in the context of the American prelate Leo XIV's election as the new pope.
Stolen Children and the Lessons of a Duck Pond
Are we really superior to the rest of the animals? The stolen children at the border parallels a violent event in nature that I witnessed.
A Visit from the Pope
Some thoughts on being in Portugal at the time of the Pope's visit to Fátima to canonize two of the children who saw the Virgin Mary in 1917.