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Year 17, Number 02

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Lead Story
by Dr. Robert Moynihan & Andrew Rabel
10The Williamson Affair


News
by Dr. Robert Moynihan
16Holy See
The Legion in crisis.

News
by D. Vincent Twoomey
18Analysis
Whither Irish Society? (Part One)

News
by Serena Sartini
20Africa
Benedict XVI’s first apostolic trip to Africa.

News
by Alberto Carosa
22Ambassador
Interview with Mary Ann Glendon, outgoing US envoy to the Vatican.

News
by Dr. Robert Moynihan
24Russia
Kirill elected new Russian Orthodox Patriarch.

News
by Angela Ambrogetti
28Vatican
Symposium on the Apostolic Penitentiary and interview with Bishop Girotti.

News
by Angela Ambrogetti
30Holy See
Long-term damage caused by the contraceptive pill.

News
by Micaela Biferali
30Obituaries
A last farewell to Cardinal Laghi, Cardinal Ghattas and Archbishop Jadot.

Culture
by Vladimiro Redzioch
32Anniversary
The new map of Vatican city.

Columns
by Lucy Gordan
36Of Books, Art and People
Byzantium 330-1453: Eleven centuries of Christian art.

Columns
by Vladimiro Redzioch
38Book Review
Interview with Marcello Pera, author of Why We Must Call Ourselves Christians.

Columns
by Fr. Bernard O’Connor
42Roman Reflection
Poverty and peace.

Columns
by Inside the Vatican staff
42Catechism
Chapter 19: Confession

Columns
by Pat Morse
43Reflection
My turn to issue a special invitation…

Columns
by Micaela Biferali
44Vatican Watch: December and January
A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events.

Columns
by Paul Haffner
46Meditation
Pope Blessed Pius IX (February 7)

Columns
by Friar Tuck
47The Sacred and Profane
A Venetian restaurant near St. Peter’s.


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