2004 December Issue Inside the Vatican magazine

Year 12, Number 10

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Lead Story
by Charmaine Graves
8“Consumed by Love”
The bones of St. Augustine come to Rome.

News
by Shena Muldoon
16Divided Holy Land
Exclusive:
Interview with Oded Ben-Hur.

Interview
by Marco Politi
22“I Consider Myself a Realist”
Cardinal Ratzinger on the new Europe.

News
by John Thavis
24Praised…and Banned
The Legionaries of Christ in the spotlight.

Status Ecclesiae
by John Mallon
26The “Wisdom” of This World
Reflections of the US elections.

News
by Andrew Rabel
28“In the Name of the Creator…”
When baptisms are invalid.

Art Essay
by Micaela Biferali
30“While Shepherds Kept Their Watch”
A history of manger scenes.

Books
by Delia Gallagher
38Tinkering With the Next Conclave?
A new book has set Rome talking.

Cinema
by Sarah Delaney
43Man…or Machine?
An unusual Vatican film festival.

Art and Culture
by Lucy Gordan
44Papal Portraits
Five centuries of Popes.

Art
by Lucy Gordan
52A Rediscovered Maestro
Fra Carnevale

Vatican Watch
by Shena Muldoon
56November in Rome
A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican life.

Meditation
by Paul Haffner
60More Beautiful than Beauty
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

Restaurants
by Friar Tuck
62It’s Just a Question of Looking
“David selected bucatini all’amatriciana.”


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