EDITORIAL
A Real Celebration

close-up
Europe
Building a Cathedral or Just Oiling a Machine?
by John Waters

holy land
After the Pope’s journey
Peter in the Heart of History
by Davide Perillo

science
Planck
A Journey toward the Origin of the Universe
by Davide Perillo

culture
Rimini Meeting
“Unity of Culture, Truth, and Experience” 
by Marco Bardazzi

new world
William Congdon
To Italy and Back Again
by Santiago Ramos

University
An Extended Hand
by Chiara Tanzi

cl life
Moscow
From Russia with Friendship
by Fabrizio Rossi

Asunciòn
“La Brianza” in Paraguay
by Stefano Regondi

saints
Frances Cabrini
A Mother in Little Italy
by Paola Bergamini

BENEDict XVI
The Ascension: the Human Being Has Entered into Intimacy with God

columns
Letters
edited by Paola Bergamini
Inside America
by Lorenzo Albacete

From Faith, the Method
Selections from poets, philosophers, and writers who illuminate some steps of the journey taken during this year’s Fraternity Spiritual Exercises.