In the May-June 2024 issue of Inside the Vatican, our Lead story covers the newest document from the DDF, Dignitas Infinita — praised by some and panned by others; we look at the Church’s lonely peace efforts in both the Gaza and Ukraine conflicts; we ask why some Churchmen are attempting rapprochement with the Freemasons; and our resident expert on sacred music calls for a Catholic “cultural revolution” that embraces beauty, for a change.
LEAD STORY
New Declaration from Vatican on Human Dignity: Dignitatis Infinita by Tyler Arnold (CNA)/ITV staff
NEWS
HOLY LAND/Pope: “Let us end the inertia of evil” by Christopher Hart-Moynihan
VATICAN/Is Francis the Lone Voice for Peace in Ukraine? by ITV staff/CNA
VATICAN/Once again, Francis condemns gender ideology by Carol Glatz(CNS)/ITV staff
CULTURE
Analysis/Continuing fallout from Fiducia Supplicans by Christina Deardurff
“Contrary to Christian Moral Teaching” by Robert Moynihan
Commentary/The perplexing relationship between the Church and Freemasonry by Darrick Taylor
Easter 2024/ “Jesus turned a new page in our history” by Pope Francis
Easter/Toward Unity: Finally, a common Easter date? by Zachary Naccash
Document/Ecumenical marriage statement offers novel “compassionate recommendations” by Catholic World News/ITV staff
Jubilee/A “Second Chance”: a journey of pilgrimage and renewal by ITV staff
Document/Aquinas grounds modern man in authentic “social sciences” by Pope Francis
Interview/ “The desert can bloom again!”: A Polish sister on the call of Divine Mercy, Part 2 by Barbara Middleton
Footsteps on the Way/Where Heaven meets Earth: Garabandal by ITV staff
Scripture/The Creation Story in Genesis, One in Theology and Poetry by Anthony Esolen
Spirituality Behind Bars/The Bishop’s Authoritative Influence by Marcellus Roberts
URBI ET ORBI: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY
Icon/The Creed: Judgment by Robert Wiesner
East-West Watch/Tensions in the Baltic States by Peter Anderson
FEATURES
Tradition and Beauty/ The Church Needs Its Own “Cultural Revolution” by Aurelio Porfiri
Art/Vatican Museums opens ancient Roman necropolis to tourists by Lucy Gordan
Lord of the World/ “A Pitiless Reality of Life and Death” by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson
Vatican Watch/A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events: February and March 2024 by Matthew Trojacek
People/ Bishops dialog with drug cartels; CUA displays Chinese prisoner’s art; Vietnamese official praises Vatican; new research from Vatican cosmologists; first Pakistani martyr by Matthew Trojacek
Food for Thought/ Pompei’s First Exhibition about Lower Classes and Slaves by Mother Martha
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