CONTENTS DECEMBER 2001

Editorial
A New Fact in the World

Christmas
New Beginning
By Lorenzo Albacete

Letters
Edited by Paola Bergamini

God and the War
Blessed Derailment (Or: What Christmas Is)
By Lucio Brunelli

The Abolition of Man

Give Caesar What Belongs to Caesar…
By Raffaello Vignali

Martyrs of Our Time
By Camille Eid

God Bless America!
By Jerry Mahon

Ireland
A Foretaste of Heaven
By Paola Ronconi

Barcelona
Warning to Boaters
By Javier Restán

Brazil
Eduardiño’s Revenge
By Gianluigi Da Rold

Africa
Fada… A De Oh!
By Bepi Berton

Jack Kerouac
Memory Babe
By Gianluigi Da Rold

Commentary
Stairs of Paradise
By Giuseppe Frangi

Word Among Us
SAINT STEPHEN, OR ON THE FRIENDSHIP OF CHRIST
Homily by Luigi Giussani for the Feast of St Stephen
Desio, Italy, December 26, 1944