Russian Bishop (?): “Bless this mess!”

And who was the elderly looking, slightly hunched-over man with a long white beard and flowing black robe …?

He was not just someone who’d come in traditional formal wear. It was Archbishop Varnava of Cannes, who walked the red carpet [at the Cannes Film Festival] like all the other celebrities.

The bishop of an exiled Russian Orthodox community came to give his blessing to “The Da Vinci Code,” and pronounced it safe for consumption.

Audience members were surprised that Varnava was so accessible, and ready to tell anyone who asked that he approved of Ron Howard’s film.

Source.

Thanks to email from David Stone.

I believe it was Fr Peter Gillquist who said: “Shine a light bright enough and even the bugs will come!”