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EDITORIAL
A “Penned-In” Pope by Robert Moynihan
LEAD STORY
BENEDICT TURNS 95: Reflecting on the Remarkable Influence of Joseph Ratzinger by ITV staff
The Last True Liberal in Europe by Anthony Esolen
“I appreciate his quiet humility” by Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM Cap
Pope Benedict’s Encyclicals by Paschal M. Corby, OFM Conv
The Newman of Our Era by Tracey Rowland
The Benedict-Francis Alliance by William Doino, Jr.
Family as a Key to Reading Benedict’s Pontificate and Life by Andrea Gagliarducci
Did Ratzinger really cover up abuse scandals? by Michael Hesemann
“I was struck by his warmth, gentleness and wit” by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
Benedict’s Diagnosis of the Faltering Church in Ireland by Dualta Roughneen
NEWS
China/Chinese government sets sights on Hong Kong Catholics by UCA News/ITV staff
Hong Kong/Cardinal Zen’s “Crimes” by ITV staff
Luxembourg/Time to change Church doctrine on homosexuality? by CNS
Italy/Pope Francis interviewed on Italian TV by ITV staff
Vatican/New stage of the Francis pontificate begins by ITV staff
CULTURE
Commentary/Archbishop Roche: “The Traditional Mass must go” by James Baresel
Commentary/Is the Pope Really “The Head of the Catholic Church?” by James Bogle
OBITUARY/Dr. Alice von Hildebrand: Catholic Feminist and Apostle of Truth by Fr. Gerald Murray/ITV staff
A Shining Example of the “Feminine Genius” by Christina Deardurff
The Heart of Alice von Hildebrand by John Henry Crosby
Review/Bishop Schneider’s The Catholic Mass: Steps to Restore the Centrality of God – by Leila Marie Lawler
Footsteps on the Way/Ireland: A Land of Saints and Scholars by ITV staff
Education/The Tyranny of the Modern College Campus by Michael F. McLean, Ph.D.
Latin/Pope Benedict’s Resignation Speech: What did it really say in Latin? by John Byron Kuhner
Scripture/He Who Is by Anthony Esolen, Ph.D.
URBI ET ORBI: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY
Icon/The Ultimate Family Reunion by Robert Wiesner
East-West Watch/The Orthodox and National Churches by Peter Anderson
News from the East/Russian Patriarch condemns vaccine segregation; Vatican-Moscow summit; Jerusalem Patriarch on “status quo”; Kazakhstan Metropolitan: “Stop the confrontation” by Matthew Trojacek
FEATURES
Art/Plautilla Bricci: Italy’s First Woman Architect by Lucy Gordan
Lord of the World/Felsenburgh is appointed President of Europe by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson
Vatican Watch/A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events: December 2021-January 2022 by Matthew Trojacek
People/Xi calls for more Marxism; Vietnam’s new priests; Pope John Paul I to be beatified by Matthew Trojacek
Food for Thought/The Lenten Cookbook by Mother Martha