A few things I always think about with this scene.

1. You wouldn't pass the Cathedral on the way to the State Department (http://westwing.bewarne.com/dc.html).

2. The pouring rain is a little cliche.

3. I love this Aaron Sorkin quote about it: No, there was nothing that standards and practices found objectionable in the latin. As for the clergy, there were many of them on the set while we shot the scene (some of them were used on camera.) I was introduced to a minister and said, "You know he's about renounce God, right?" The minister said, "Yeah, I saw rehearsal, it's gonna be great." I said, "That's fine, but am I going straight to hell?" He said, "Maybe for other stuff, but not for this." Then he gave me a pretty good talking-to about how true people of faith are supposed to question God.