Issue: July 1986

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From the Editor ...

In the month of Saints Peter and Paul, the editor reflects on living the Faith.

The Archbishop Speaks

"I don't know if the time has come to say that the Pope is a heretic; I don't know if it is the time to say that... I don't think it has ever happened in the history of the Church, the man seated in the chair of Peter partaking in the worship of false gods."

Ridgefield News

Mrs. Johnston retires, Dean Nichols receives the habit, and the Superior General visits for a couple of days and gives a talk on the Anti-Christ.

On Christian Education of Youth

The second part of Pope Pius XI's encyclical, continued from the June issue.

In Search of Catholic Lithuania

Conclusion of the Backitises visit to Soviet-dominated Lithuania.

And the Sacrileges Continue

Recently we received a pamphlet from a group called Catholics for a Free Choice, who claim that they represent 79% of Catholics in the United States. They are a group advocating abortion and we thought our readers might be interested in some of the quotes from prominent people taken from this pamphlet. Do they speak for you?

 

Pius XII's Tragic Mistake

This article is Chapter 25 of Bishops versus the Pope. In this book, published nearly 20 years ago, Father Coughlin declared that the 50-year period ending in 1941 was the most disastrous one in the Church's history.

Saint Jude

Our featured saint is St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases.

Holy Water: A Means of Spiritual Wealth

Untold spiritual wealth is concentrated in a tiny drop of blessed water.

News Briefs

A larger selection than usual of news from around the Catholic world from the RNS.

Cherub Folk

A poem by Enid Dinnis.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about cremation, wearing of the cassock, Our Lady's Dormition, and Catholics for a Free Choice.