August / September 2013

Year 21, Number 7

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Editorial by George ‘Pat’ Morse	4	Death: Will It Be Followed By Eternal Life?
Lead Story by Robert Moynihan	10	A Memorable In-Flight Press Conference
News by Angela Ambrogetti	12	Vatican Lumen Fidei, the “Four-Handed Encyclical” of Francis and Benedict
News by Anna Artymiak	13	Italy Blessed Pope John Paul II Will Be Canonized
News by Marinella Bandini	14	Vatican Mobilization for the Family Sidebar: Interview with Msgr. Jean Laffitte
Photo Essay Texts: Selections from CNS. Photos: Grzegorz Galazka and CNS	16	Brazil Pope Francis’ Week-Long Trip To Brazil Sidebar: Address of Pope Francis to the Coordinating Committee of Celam
Culture by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke	36	Human Dignity “Each One of Us is Made in the Image and Likeness of God”
Culture by Wlodzimierz Redzioch	40	Analysis Inferno by Dan Brown: Another Attack on the Catholic Church
Culture by Alberto Carosa	42	In Defense of Life ”I Rely on God and Pray for the Conversion of Obama”
Culture by Andrew Rabel	44	Human Life A Member of the Royal Family Defends Catholic Values
Culture by Wlodzimierz Redzioch	46	Analysis Jorge Mario Bergoglio Seen by a Fellow Countryman
Columns by Lucy Gordan	48	Anniversary Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Pope Leo X’s Election in 1513
Columns by Lucy Gordan	50	Of Books, Art, and People Illuminating Faith: The Eucharist in Medieval Life and Art
Columns by Ciro Fusco	52	Books From Rio de Janeiro to the World: Young People and Jesus’ Call
Columns by Micaela Biferali	54	People Nominations, Anniversaries, Cases, Events, Movers and Shakers…
Columns by Micaela Biferali	56	Vatican Watch May, June and July: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of Vatican Events
Columns by Paul Haffner	60	Meditation St. Michael the Archangel (September 29)
Columns by Robert Moynihan	61	Obituary The Birth of Italian Renaissance Art
Columns by Friar Tuck	62	The Sacred and Profane A Restaurant in the Heart of Rome and a Guest House in a Monastery
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