Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro, who worked in Rome for Human Life International, was an on-the-scene observer of developments in the Vatican. In this talk, he takes a break from historical subjects in order to explore the hopes emerging from the first year of Pope Benedict's reign. Taken from the series: "From Augustine and Chrysostom to the Papal-Frankish Alliance Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (395-752) - 2006 Hildebrand Institute"