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Year 21, Number 5

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Editorial
by Robert Moynihan
4Francis, Mary, and the Deceiver

Lead Story
by Andrea Gagliarducci
10Is It Time to Reform the Roman Curia?

News
by Gerard O’Connell
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News
by Wlodzimierz Redzioch
16Vatican
The Canonization of the 800 Martyrs of Otranto

News
by Micaela Biferali
18Vatican
The Pope Francis Effect

News
by Inside the Vatican Staff
20Vatican
Special: Life in the Domus Sanctae Marthae

News
by Anna Artymiak
22Vatican
Cardinal Kurt Koch’s Press Conference

News
by Sandro Magister
24Italy
First Holy Week for Francis
Sidebar: Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi Blessing

News
by Francis X. Rocca (CNS)
26Vatican
Pope Francis Meets Diplomats

News
by Robert Moynihan
27Vatican
”We Are Brothers”

News
by Marinella Bandini
28Vatican
Pope Francis and Catholic Movements

News
by Marinella Bandini
30Vatican
Interview with Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes

News
by Mariaelena Finessi
32Turkey
Turkish Catholics Caught Between Two Fires

News
by Serena Sartini
33Vatican
Interview with Cardinal Peter Turkson

Photo Essay
by Inside the Vatican Staff
34April 7 and April 14
The Pastoral Duties of the Bishop of Rome

Culture
by Wlodzimierz Redzioch
40History
Brief History of Argentina Since the 1930s

Columns
by William Doino Jr.
42Book Review
“Pray For Me”

Columns
by Inside the Vatican Staff
46Book Review
A Guide to Lectio Divina

Columns
by Angela Ambrogetti
48Pilgrimage
In Assisi Waiting for Francis

Columns
by Micaela Biferali
50Holy See Press Office
Reporting History

Columns
by Lucy Gordan
52Of Books, Art and People
Titian: A Long-awaited, Not-To-Be-Missed Retrospective

Columns
by Micaela Biferali
54People
Nominations, Anniversaries, Cases, Events, Movers and Shakers…

Columns
by Micaela Biferali
56Vatican Watch
March and April: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of Vatican Events

Columns
by Paul Haffner
60Meditation
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament (May 13)

Columns
by Friar Tuck
62The Sacred and Profane
Welcoming Accommodations Run by Religious Orders

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