CHINA
Towards the Chinese century
— by Giuseppe Guarino

AFGHANISTAN
The flowers of evil
Interview with Antonio Maria Costa — by Roberto Rotondo

AFRICA
Somalia: the State is reborn
— by Davide Malacaria and Giovanni Cubeddu
Annalena Tonelli: a Christian among the Somalis
— by Davide Malacaria

ECUMENISM
Orthodox self-assertion
Interview with the Primate of the Greek Church Christodoulos — by Gianni Valente
A Wojtylian in Athens
— by Gianni Valente

CHURCH
«Thank you, disturbed Monsignor …»
Interview with Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali — by Gianni Cardinale

UN
Disarmament: a promise is a promise

CARDINALS
What makes the Church ever younger
Interview with Cardinal Ersilio Tonini — by Lorenzo Cappelletti and Giovanni Cubeddu
The ninetieth birthday of a cardinal
— by Giovanni Cubeddu

VON GALEN
A bishop under the moral bombs
— by Stefania Falasca
The letters of von Galen to Pius XII
The last public speech of Cardinal Clemens August von Galen