EDITORIAL
At a Fork in the Road

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PARS
Saved by Hope
by Paolo Perego

Ecuador
Heavenly Eyes
by Stefano Andrini

events
The Era of Obama
Where Is America Going?
by Fabrizio Rossi

Israel
The One Who Gives the Gift of Peace
Edited by Giorgio Paolucci

new world
Witnesses
Immigration, Charity, and the Meaning of Work   
edited by Suzanne Tanzi and Santiago Ramos

Crossroads
“Love Gives Birth to What Is Human”
by T. D. Sullivan

fr. giussani
Milene Di Gioia
“My Youth”
by Alberto Savorana

Madrid, Siena
“...So that Christ Can Be Known”
by Paola Bergamini

Church
Iraq
Lights from the Orient
by Luca Pezzi

Culture
Darwin
What If We Were to Evolve from Scientism?
by Mario Gargantini

Benedict XVI
No Tear Is Lost Before God

columns
Letters
edited by Paola Bergamini

The Facts Answer
by John Waters

Inside America
by Lorenzo Albacete

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beyond optimism, hope
by Julián Carrón
Talk at the presentation of Hope (the second volume of Is It Possible to Live This Way? by Luigi Giussani). Dublin, January 9, 2009, and New York, January 17, 2009.