March 2008 • Vol. 18, No. 3

This Month's Features

POPE BENEDICT'S SAINTS: During his pontificate of nearly three years, Benedict XVI has canonized 14. Jeff Ziegler offers a look at them. Special Report

A GENUINE CONVERSION OR ACT OF PERJURY?: Joanna Bogle shows how British Catholics continue to debate Tony Blair's entrance into the Church. Special Report

A CHRISTMAS NIGHTMARE: In a series of December attacks, Hindu mobs seeking to drive Christians out of India destroyed homes, seminaries, convents, and church, Anto Akkara reports. News

HILLARY'S CATHOLIC CROWD: "Social justice" liberals like novelist Anne Rice thrill to Hillary Clinton's nanny-state efforts on behalf of life—once out of the womb, says Paul Kengor. Opinion

Last January, Pope Benedict XVI canceled a lecture at Rome’s La Sapienza University due to a furor of student and faculty protests objecting to his visit. Here is the full text of the lecture he planned to deliver.

THE LA SAPIENZA LECTURE: Last January, Pope Benedict XVI canceled a lecture at Rome's La Sapienza University due to a furor of student and faculty protests objecting to his visit. Here is the full text of the lecture he planned to deliver. Document

Dion DiMucci tells Mark Sullivan about his return to the faith and music of his youth.

THE WANDERER GETS THE BLUES: Dion DiMucci tells Mark Sullivan about his return to the faith and music of his youth. Profile

THE ENDURING POPULARITY OF TRADITIONAL ART: Mission San Juan Capistrano, now enhanced by a spectacular decorative altarpiece, is Orange County's third largest tourist attraction, after Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, reports Jim Graves. Special Report

Father Charbonnier’s account of Christianity in China is an important contribution to a subject that is too often neglected or distorted, says Anthony E. Clark.

A LONG AND RICH HISTORY: Father Charbonnier's account of Christianity in China is an important contribution to a subject that is too often neglected or distorted, says Anthony E. Clark. Book Review