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EDITORIAL
A Future Without God? by Robert Moynihan
LEAD STORY
ITV’s TOP TEN PEOPLE OF 2021: Ten Who Refuse to Let the Darkness Prevail
John Stinson: Keeping the flame alive in the Middle East
Blessing Okoedion: New slaves of an opulent society
Fr. Mike Schmitz: Hearts and minds shaped by something eternal
Monica Smit: “It’s our duty as Catholics to act”
Dr. Robert Malone: Inventor of vaccine technology is now a vocal critic of its use
Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï: Pulling Lebanon from the brink of disaster
Pamela Acker: Saying “no” to vaccines dependent on abortion
Aurelio Porfiri: “I do not wish to continue singing silly songs”
Andrezj Duda: LGBT indoctrination of children is “neo-Bolshevism”
Pierre-André Udressy: “It is essential to defend freedom with conviction”
NEWS
China/Despite persecution, Chinese Church ordains priests by UCA News/ITV staff
China/A unique solution for the Chinese Church? An interview with Martin Mosebach by Priscilla Smith McCaffrey
Vatican/New contemporary art gallery opens by Devin Watkins (Vatican News)/ITV staff
Vatican/First woman named to number-two position in Vatican City State by CNA
Vatican/A miracle clears Pope John Paul I for beatification by Vatican News
LITURGY
Interview/ Peter Kwasniewski chronicles the worldwide reaction to Traditionis Custodes – by Christina Deardurff
Book/Excerpts from Kwasniewski’s From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’s War
MAGISTERIUM/Message of Pope Francis to people with disabilities
COMMUNIQUÉ: A Newsletter of Urbi et Orbi Communications
Urbi et Orbi launches a new initiative: Unitas: Come, Rebuild My Church
CULTURE
Footsteps on the Way/Pilgrimage Toward the Face of Christ by ITV staff
Commentary/ “You are Peter” rings with new and urgent resonance by Dr. Gavin Ashenden
Review/Only God Wins: A review of The St. Gallen Mafia by Julia Melo by Darrick Taylor, Ph.D.
Analysis/ Is Covaxin the answer? by Tad Wòjcik
Saints for Our Time/Pope St. Martin I A homily
Education/The Kingship of Christ and JPII’s Ex Corde Ecclesiae by Timothy O’Donnell, Ph.D
Latin/Fides Quaerens Intellectum: Christianity and the intellectual life by John Byron Kuhner
Scripture/Let us trust the Evangelists! by Anthony Esolen, Ph.D.
URBI ET ORBI: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY
Icon/The First Seven Steps of Mary by Robert Wiesner
East-West Watch/Synodality and the Orthodox by Peter Anderson
News from the East/Orthodox involvement in Catholic Synod; Russian Patriarch condemns communism and “social justice” ideology; Hilarion criticizes pro-abortion Catholics by Matthew Trojacek
FEATURES
Art/Celebrating Dante by Lucy Gordan
Lord of the World/ “Percy’s heart made its choice” by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson
Vatican Watch/A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events: September-November 2021 by Matthew Trojacek
People/First Hmong priest; Foucauld to be canonized; Francis names Sachs; bishop released by Matthew Trojacek
Food for Thought/Love makes the world go ‘round by Mother Martha