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EDITORIAL

“Glory to God in the Highest” by Robert Moynihan

LEAD STORY

SYNOD ON SYNODALITY: Should its results so far give the Vatican pause? by Christina Deardurff 

NEWS

INTERVIEW/Cardinal Müller on synodality, making the Church a “welfare organization” by Javier Arias (InfoVaticana) 

OBITUARY/John W. O’Malley, S.J., Church historian and writer on Vatican Council II by Jesuit Province East with ITV staff

BIOGRAPHY/A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: De Vitoria, early champion of human dignity by Alberto Ferreiro, Ph.D

CHRISTMAS ART ESSAY 

The Nativity of Christ in the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas 

SPECIAL INSERT 

COMMUNIQUÉ: A Newsletter of Urbi et Orbi Communications Turning a new page in Lebanon; the struggle continues in Ukraine 

CULTURE 

Education/The Collegium embraces Tradition, thinks innovatively to reduce costs by Dr. Edward Schaefer 

Footsteps on the Way/Journeying Toward the Face of Christ with St. Francis by ITV staff 

Latin/St. Ambrose and the Power of Silence by John Byron Kuhner 

Scripture/All Saints’ Day hymns remind us that Christian life is a battle by Anthony Esolen, Ph.D 

URBI ET ORBI: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY 

Icon/The Second Ecumenical Council and the Creed by Robert Wiesner

East-West Watch/The Transfer of Metropolitan Hilarion to Budapest by Peter Anderson 

News from the East/Hungarian P.M. awarded; Pope-Russian Patriarch meeting “still possible”; Mt. Athos exhibit travels to U.S.; “wonderworking” icon in Ukraine; “Peace Roundtable” in Tokyo by Matthew Trojacek

FEATURES 

Tradition and Beauty/The Sweet and Austere Music of Christmas by Aurelio Porfiri 

Art/Celebrating Advent: Its History and Traditions by Lucy Gordan 

Lord of the World/”I suppose it is the deepest instinct” by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson 

Vatican Watch/A day-by-day chronicle of Vatican events: August-September 2022 by Matthew Trojacek 

People/Abducted nun freed; Catholic actor fights trafficking; Indian state outlaws conversion; Vietnam church opens after 200 years; King Charles open to dialog; Vatican-China deal by Matthew Trojacek 

Food for Thought/The History of Pumpkin Pie by Mother Martha