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Dossiers, Reflections and penetrating analysis by Inside The Vatican’s editors

Adopting God’s Perspective in a Troublous Time
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Adopting God’s Perspective in a Troublous Time

Magazine, Reflection

Adopting God’s Perspective in a Troublous Time

The Pattern of Good and Evil Woven Through History Is No Different Today By Joseph Pearce Dante Rebukes Pope Nicholas III, by Gustave Dorè, from the Inferno, Canto XIX, the circle of simoniacs. Simony is the act of selling Church offices and roles or sacred things It is all too easy in these troublous [...]

“Peace be with you, Philomena”
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“Peace be with you, Philomena”

Editorial, Magazine

“Peace be with you, Philomena”

The story of one man’s devotion over a lifetime of changes in the Church. A tribute to an Italian priest who died on February 26, 2021: Monsignor Giovanni Braschi. May eternal light shine upon him By Robert Moynihan February 28, Feast of St. Hilary (Pope 461-468 A.D.) I received sad news on Friday, February 26, from [...]

The New Year and New Hope
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The New Year and New Hope

Editorial, Magazine

The New Year and New Hope

By Robert Moynihan In the confusion of recent weeks and months, with the virus, the riots, church closings, and the confusing US elections, many have felt overwhelmed. But the essential things remain, and still offer new hope. January 18, 2021, Feast of St. Prisca Start a publishing house... Establish a newspaper, one people can see themselves [...]

Nunc Dimittis
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Nunc Dimittis

Editorial, Magazine

Nunc Dimittis

By Robert Moynihan How we await with patience the things we long for. God finally answers our longings, in His time. A reflection on life, on death, on Christmas, and on Christian hope A happy and holy Christmas to all. The year 2020 has been difficult. We look forward now to the Christmas season and the [...]

Election and McCarrick Report
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Election and McCarrick Report

Editorial, Magazine

Election and McCarrick Report

I held the November issue up until the date of the US election, November 3, thinking it would be appropriate to discuss the results in this space. Now, as I close the magazine on November 15, the result is still unclear. By Robert Moynihan November 15, Feast of St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of [...]

Fratelli Tutti: A new encyclical that seems to “break the mold”
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Fratelli Tutti: A new encyclical that seems to “break the mold”

Dossier, Magazine

Fratelli Tutti: A new encyclical that seems to “break the mold”

By ITV staff Interpreting Pope Francis' Newest Encyclical on "Social Friendship" Pope Francis repeatedly makes it clear, in his documents and his talks, his recorded remarks at secular events and interviews with atheist journalists, that he is a Pope for the whole world. “Jesus did not come to earth just for Catholics,” he seems to say, [...]

“Finding Viganò”
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“Finding Viganò”

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“Finding Viganò”

By Robert Moynihan A year ago, I went in search of the “archbishop in hiding,” Carlo Maria Viganò. I found him, and we spoke over many days. A book based on our conversations went to press on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel. September 29, Feast of St. Michael the Archangel A year ago, [...]

Become a “Friend of Lebanon”
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Become a “Friend of Lebanon”

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Become a “Friend of Lebanon”

The round circle of water marks the crater left by the explosion. The large building in the middle foreground was not demolished, and to a certain extent, protected the city to the right of that building from a shockwave. A powerful explosion and subsequent shock wave which spread more than six miles killed more [...]

Do We Have A “Parallel Church”?
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Do We Have A “Parallel Church”?

Dossier, Editorial, Magazine

Do We Have A “Parallel Church”?

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has sparked a new discussion of what Vatican II has done to the Church — and whether the Council can be salvaged By Christina Deardurff Since gaining celebrity in 2018 as a “whistleblower” of sorts in the sexual abuse case of the ebullient and influential American prelate, then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Carlo [...]

Vatican II and the Work of the Spirit
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Vatican II and the Work of the Spirit

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Vatican II and the Work of the Spirit

His has been a severe-grace, but also a beneficent-grace By Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Capuchin Mass opening the third Worldwide Priests' Retreat at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, a gathering promoted by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Recently, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó and others have expressed their concerns about the present state of the [...]

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