In our March-April 2025 issue, we lead off with an analysis — from a Catholic perspective — of the complex situation in the Middle East; we report on the very significant appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the new bishop of the nation’s capital; Maestro Aurelio Porfiri illuminates the incomparable beauty and spiritual riches of Gregorian chant; and we offer a special Easter meditation from the pen of Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by moving classical artwork.
LEAD STORY
The Pieces Are In Motion: World events accelerate as Francis falls ill again by Christopher Hart-Moynihan
NEWS
VATICAN/New Vatican Document Examines Risks of AI by Salvatore Cernuzio (Vatican News)/ITV staff
SYRIA/Homs bishop: Situation in Syria does not follow “Western narrative” by Gianni Valente (Agenzia Fides)
VATICAN/Pope names first female dicastery head by ITV staff
WASHINGTON/Cardinal Robert McElroy heads to Washington, DC — with “baggage” by Christina Deardurff
OBITUARY/Bishop Richard Williamson, the “twice excommunicated” Catholic bishop by Robert Moynihan
CULTURE
INTERVIEW/Bishop Gerard Battersby: “Let’s listen to both the living and the dead” by Barbara Middleton
REVIEW/New Autobiography of Pope Francis: Hope by Christina Deardurff
OPINION/Pope Francis and the “Peace Algorithm” by Leonid Sevastianov
EASTER ART ESSAY/The Resurrection of Jesus is a Pledge of Our Own Resurrection Awake, Arise and Remember by Anthony Esolen
“Christ gives us the certainty of our own resurrection”: Easter 2008 homily of Benedict XVI by ITV Staff
The Resurrection in Film: A Brief Overview by ITV staff
FOOTSTEPS ON THE WAY/Jubilee Diary: “Disarming Communication” by Anna Artymiak
SCRIPTURE/What is a body? by Anthony Esolen
SPIRITUALITY BEHIND BARS/By the Blood of the Lamb and the Words of Our Own Testimony by Marcellus Roberts
URBI ET ORBI: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY
Icon/The Creed: The Resurrection of the Dead by Robert Wiesner
East-West Watch/The Orthodox in Syria Today by Peter Anderson
FEATURES
Tradition and Beauty/Gregorian Chant: Between Heaven and Earth by Aurelio Porfiri
Art/Rome: “The City of Water” by Lucy Gordan
Lord of the World/“The Immorality of Forgiveness” by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson
Vatican Watch/A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events: December and January, 2025 by Matthew Trojacek
Food for Thought/ Le Cesarine: Ambassadors of Cucina Italiana by Mother Martha
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