Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, Paris, occupied by the SSPX since 1977, Wikipedia says (public domain photo).
If you follow the news, you have have noticed that the Catholic Church has excommunicated six bishops in the ultra-conservative Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), e.g. the "Latin mass folks."
Eric Wagner, the author of An Insider's Guide to Robert Anton Wilson and Straight Outta Dublin: James Joyce and Robert Anton Wilson (the latter with Michael Johnson) wrote to me and suggested I mention the news:
"Bob wrote a ton about challenges within the Catholic Church in the 1970's surrounding the P2 conspiracy and the death of Pope John Paul I. The SSPX schixm, which goes back to the 1960's and Vatican II, makes me think about the whole history of the Catholic Church during our lifetimes. Also, the conservative group Opus Dei got some press when the Da Vinci Code movie came out, and it seems like Dan Brown read Bob Wilson. I don't know how all these puzzle pieces fit together."
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