It's supposed to be a generic site of worship.

The conference will be held in a specially selected church.

And again, this was a rock probably roughly the size of this auditorium that we're sitting in.

Then there was the congregation who had left their usual church building on the shore to hold a service in the hills.

And in the worship of my church, the most frequently used adjective about God is almighty.

The Great Hall at the Met is one of the great portals of the world, awe inspiring, like a medieval cathedral.

Today, 1 December 2005, at 6 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

The object that formed this was probably about 30 to 50 yards across, so roughly the size of Mackey Auditorium here.

Wednesday, 7 December 2005, at 6 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Requests for these special protocol tickets to the General Assembly Hall with the names and titles should be sent at least one week in advance of the date needed to the Chief of Protocol.

Friday, 9 December 2005, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

Today, 20 October 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Today, 1 December 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Today, 6 December 2005, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

So we build this building on stilts, then up here is where we're going to put the new Steinbeck auditorium.

Tuesday, 6 December 2005, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Tuesday, 1 November 2005, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Thursday, 3 November 2005r, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Thursday, 20 October 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Thursday, 27 October 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Thursday, 1 December 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Today, 13 October 2005, from 10 to 11.30 a.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Today, 30 November 2005, from 3.30 to 5.50 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Wednesday, 7 December 2005, from 1.15 to 2.45 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Monday, 24 October 2005, from 3.30 to 4.30 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Monday, 24 October 2005, from 3.30 to 4.30 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Reading Room.

Thursday, 13 October 2005, from 10 to 11.30 a.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Today, 5 October 2005, from 1.15 to 2.15 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Monday, 26 September 2005, from 1 to 2.45 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Today, 30 November, and tomorrow, 1 December 2005, at 1 p.m. in the Dag Hammarksjöld Library Auditorium.

There's a wonderful book called Crowns that's all these glamour pictures of black women in their church hats.

So, in this room, there's 20 percent oxygen or so, and if we reduce the oxygen concentration, we will all be dead.

The chairs you're sitting in, the lights in this auditorium, my microphone, the iPads and iPods that you carry around with you all are a result of cumulative cultural adaptation.

In early April, a funeral at St. Mark s Cathedral (the seat of the Coptic Church in Cairo) for four Christians killed in sectarian riots days earlier descended into chaos, with thousands of mourners attacked as they tried to leave after the service. Police fired tear gas into the compound, standing by as those outside the cathedral launched petrol bombs, hurled rocks, and shot at those inside.

It's just creationism under another name, rechristened I choose the word advisedly for tactical, political reasons.

Thursday, 8 December 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium and from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber.

The physical model, on the other hand, is 2,700 layers, one millimeter thick, it weighs 700 kilos, it's made of sheet that can cover this entire auditorium.

And there's a quote from one of these women, and she talks about, As a little girl, I'd admire women at church with beautiful hats.

That means you, your neighbor, your cellphone, the auditorium can become a black hole if you can figure out how to compress it down to the size of the Schwarzschild radius.

We're measuring how many viruses and bacteria all of us are breathing in and out every day, particularly on airplanes or closed auditoriums.

I kept imagining all the walks I might not take with them, the art projects I might not mess up, the boyfriends I might not scowl at, the aisles I might not walk down.

And then I thought, that's too complicated. No, I'll just take my favorite bits and pieces and I'll put them inside the Pantheon but keep the scale, so you can see the top of Sant'Ivo and the Pyramid of Cestius and the Tempietto of Bramante all side by side in this amazing space.

Today, 9 December 2005, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium Screening of the documentary The Heart of Steel followed by a panel discussion on The citizen as volunteer (sponsored by the United Nations Volunteer Programme, United Nations Development Programme).

The current situation of continual violence had prevented pilgrims from visiting the holy places, and the worsening living conditions and the lack of access to shrines and places of worship were causing the Christian population to emigrate to other countries.

Friday, 9 December 2005, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium Screening of the documentary The Heart of Steel followed by a panel discussion on The citizen as volunteer (sponsored by the United Nations Volunteer Programme, United Nations Development Programme).