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Edited by Maria Clara Bingemer and Peter J. Casarella

Foreword by Archbishop Christophe Pierre

This volume offers analyses from experts looking back to the Argentine pontiff’s first fateful encuentros in the Americas as a help for understanding the present reality of the Church in the Western Hemisphere. The group includes theologians, historians, and political scientists, and the unique contribution of the volume lies in the panoramic perspective offered by the book as a whole.

Angelo Scola

with Luigi Geninazzi

In this wide-ranging conversation with the Italian journalist Luigi Geninazzi, Cardinal Angelo Scola discusses both the salient moments of his own life and the path and situation of the Church and society in Europe over the last half-century. At the center of this rich fresco of anecdotes and reflections stands a crucial question: what is the true path of the Church today?

Wisdom from the Early Church

John Gavin

The Lord’s Prayer contains mysteries generally overlooked by most Christians. For the Fathers of the Church, such mysteries or “difficulties”—many of which continue to puzzle modern scholars—marked divinely inspired points for prayer and reflection. Mysteries of the Lord’s Prayer offers the general reader, as well as scholars, a chance to rediscover a prayer that unites Christians throughout the world.