A Defender of the Faith (Cover Story)
A 20th century giant, John Paul II used modern tools to defend traditional beliefs, and changed both his church and the world

Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005 (Cover Story)
An epic life of mystic faith and unyielding principle finds its end in a teaching about Christian Death

The Men Who Might Be Pope (Cover Story)
It is not a matter of filling John Paul's shoes; there will never be another quite like him. But a lively field of papabili, ranging from moderate to ultraconservative, includes several highly qualified prelates: no Americans, but Italians, Latin American

The Pope's True Revolution (Essay)
John Paul II's legacy is more profound than mere Catholic conservatism


What Lies Beneath
Inside Asia's earthquake danger zone


Dueling over the Dead
A prominent rock-art expert and an Aboriginal group are at loggerheads over the fate of unburied bones

Meet the Neighbors (Arts/Exhibition)
Two Australian photographers plunge lens first into the colors and contrasts of a vibrant but troubled country


Deadly Mercy Mission
The Australian navy supply ship H.M.A.S. Kanimbla was in Singapore on March 29