God at the Ritz: Attraction to Infinity, A Priest-Physicist Talks About Science, Sex, Politics, and Religion

A priest shares his funny, insightful story of the night he defended his faith at a national media convention, answering "big" questions touching on life after death, science and religion, and religion and politics.

Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete, a columnist for The New York Times, is a physicist by training. He holds a degree in Space Science and Applied Physics as well as a master's in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University St. Thomas in Rome, Italy. He has taught at the John Paul II Institute in Washington, DC and St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, NY, and from 1996 to 1997 served as President of Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, PR. He is a columnist for the Italian weekly Tempi, has written for the New Yorker, and has been advisor on Hispanic Affairs to the U.S. National Council of Catholic Bishops. Monsignor Albacete resides in Yonkers, NY.