January 2013

Year 21, Number 1

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Editorial by Robert Moynihan	4	Our “Man of the Year:” Benedict
Lead Story by Robert Moynihan	10	Pope Benedict’s Staggering Catechesis
Lead Story by Andrea Gagliarducci	15	Special Document In a Letter to the Child Jesus, Ratzinger’s Life Agenda
News by Sandro Magister	16	France The Reawakening of the Church of France Sidebar: A Cardinal Leads Bitter Battle Over Homosexual Marriage
News by Robert Moynihan	18	Vatican Pope Promotes Msgr. Georg to Be Prefect
News by Stratford Caldecott	20	Vatican Oasis Foundation: Religion, Plurality and the Common Good
News by Carol Glatz (CNS); Philippa Hitchen (Vatican Radio)	22	Vatican Pope Benedict’s First Twitter Messages
Photo Essay: Christmas 2012 by Inside the Vatican Staff with Photos by Grzegorz Galazka	24	Christmas Eve Homily by Pope Benedict XVI
Top Ten People of 2012 by Inside the Vatican Staff	28	1. Bishop Charles Scicluna 2. Barbara Castro Garcia 3. Cardinal André Vingt-Trois 4. Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan 5. Asia Bibi 6. Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan 7. Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai 8. Archbishop Georg Gänswein 9. Cardinal Antonio Cañizares 10. Archbishop Ma Daqin
Culture by William Doino Jr	40	Pius XII ”The Pope’s Jews”: The Unknown Story of Pius XII in World War II
Culture by John Jay Hughes	44	Essay An Example of Priestly Identity and Life
Columns by Lucy Gordan	46	Of Shrines and Sacred Places Sacred Places In and Around Prague’s Castle
Columns by Paul Craig Roberts	49	Reflection ”The Greatest Gift for All”
Columns by John Jay Hughes	50	Book The Will to Disbelieve, by Mary Eberstadt
Columns by John Jay Hughes	51	Book The Challenge of Modernity, by George Weigel
Columns by Micaela Biferali	54	People Nominations, Anniversaries, Cases, Events, Movers and Shakers…
Column by Micaela Biferali	56	Vatican Watch November and December: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of Vatican Events
Columns by Wlodzimierz Redzioch	59	Photo Essay The Nativity Scene in St. Peter’s Square
Columns by Paul Haffner	60	Meditation The Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary (January 23)
Columns by Friar Tuck	61	The Sacred and Profane Under the Roman Sun B&B and Mama’s Ristobistrot
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