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Year 21, Number 4

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Editorial
by Robert Moynihan
4Francis, Pope of the Poor

Photo Essay
by Inside the Vatican Staff
12Pope Benedict’s Last Day at the Vatican
February 28

Waiting for the New Pope
by Micaela Biferali
18

General Congregations
A Meeting of Choices


Waiting for the New Pope
by Angela Ambrogetti
20Towards the Conclave
Reflections

Waiting for the New Pope
by Micaela Biferali
24Preparations for a Conclave
Short-Lived Stars

Waiting for the New Pope
by Wlodzimierz Redzioch
27Preparations for a Conclave
The New Pope’s Clothes Are Ready

Waiting for the New Pope
by Marinella Bandini
28Preparations for a Conclave
All You Need to Know About the Conclave

Waiting for the New Pope
by Inside the Vatican Staff
30Masses in Rome
From All Over the World to a Church in Rome

Waiting for the New Pope
by Robert Moynihan
32Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice
Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Habemus Papam
by Robert Moynihan
36Pope Francis
”I Ask That You Would Pray to the Lord that He Bless Me”

Habemus Papam
by Angela Ambrogetti
42Biography
”From the Ends of the Earth”

Habemus Papam
by Inside the Vatican Staff
44Statements from Religious Leaders
Official Statements on the Election

Habemus Papam
by Sandro Magister
46Archive
Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Servant of the Servants of God

Habemus Papam
by Sandro Magister
47Archive
Go Forth and Baptize: The Wager of the Argentine Church

Habemus Papam
by Robert Moynihan
52Pope Francis’ First Day
A Visit to St. Mary Major and First Mass as Pope

Habemus Papam
by Pope Francis
54Pope Francis
“When We Walk Without the Cross”

Habemus Papam
by Robert Moynihan
56Pope Francis Meets Cardinals
“Like Good Wine”
Sidebar: Pope Francis’ First Angelus

Habemus Papam
by Robert Moynihan
61Mass of the Pontificate
Protect: A New Pontificate

Habemus Papam
by Robert Moynihan
64Pope Francis
Key Symbols of the Petrine Office

Interview
by Inside the Vatican Staff
70Cardinal Hummes (Gianni Cardinale)
A Brand New Start for the Church

Interview
by Inside the Vatican Staff
71Cardinal Assis (Marinella Bandini)
Inspired Choice

Chalenges for the New Pope
by Robert Moynihan
74Benedict’s Last Lesson on the Papacy
The Holy Father’s Lectio Divina
Sidebar: Excerpts From The Holy Father’s Lectio Divina

Challenges for the New Pope
by Alberto Carosa
78Pope Francis
Francis, a Name with Implications

Columns
by Lucy Gordan
82Of Books, Art and People
St. Peter’s Journey: The Meaning of Faith

Columns
by Viktoria Somogyi
84Diplomacy
Interview with John McCarthy, Australian Envoy to the Holy See

Columns
by Micaela Biferali
88People
Nominations, Anniversaries, Cases, Events, Movers and Shakers

Columns
by Micaela Biferali
92Vatican Watch
February and March: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of Vatican Events

Columns
by Paul Haffner
96Meditation
Our Lady of Africa (April 30)

Columns
by Friar Tuck
98The Sacred and Profane
A Peruvian Restaurant and a Hotel Run by Missionary Sisters

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