In our January-February 2023 issue, of Inside the Vatican, we profile “Ten Who Shine” –our Top Ten people of 2022 whose efforts make them shine with the light of Christ. We also feature Peter Anderson’s analysis of Ukraine president Zelensky’s new decrees regarding religious institutions in his country, and commentary on the current state of health care from a Catholic perspective. And our Lead story explains exactly who the nine Jesuits are whom Pope Francis has installed in positions of power in the Vatican.
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EDITORIAL
“Be Sober and Watch” by Robert Moynihan
LEAD STORY
Jesuits in Command of The Church: In what direction are they leading it? by Sandro Magister (Settimo Cielo)
Profiles/The Pope’s handpicked Jesuits at the Vatican by ITV staff
Interview/Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., head of Synod on Synodality by ITV staff
NEWS
Ukraine/Zelinsky issues decree on Russian-affiliated churches by Peter Anderson
Ukraine/Can the Vatican help bring peace to Ukraine? by Robert Moynihan
Ukraine/”There is no military way out”: Pontifical Academy member Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D. by ITV staff
Vatican/Holy See, in unusual move, reacts to China deal violation by Cindy Wooden (CNA)
SPECIAL: TOP TEN OF 2022
Ten Who Shine: Catholics Who Showed Us the Good and Beautiful in 2022 by ITV staff
CULTURE
Medicine/A Catholic Perspective on Health Care Reform by William G. White, M.D.
Scripture/The Kingdom of God is at hand by Anthony Esolen, Ph.D.
Latin/Dissolving a Diocese by John Byron Kuhner
URBI ET ORBI: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY
Icon/“I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth…” by Robert Wiesner
East-West Watch/The Orthodox Church of Cyprus by Peter Anderson
News from the East/Interview with Ecumenical Patriarch; Lebanese Cardinal meets Arab ambassadors; Split feared over Indian liturgy; Russian Metropolitan Tikhon: “We need peace” by Matthew Trojacek
FEATURES
Tradition and Beauty/Pius X’s Motu Proprio on Sacred Music: Not to be Forgotten by Aurelio Porfiri
Art/Painting on Stone After the Sack of Rome by Lucy Gordan
Lord of the World/“New humanist rituals imposed” by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson
Vatican Watch/A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events: October-November 2022 by Matthew Trojacek
Food for Thought/Nutella: An Italian-born worldwide success by Mother Martha
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