Issue: December 1986
From the Editor ...
Father Laisney on the Immaculate Conception and gives a short report on the SSPX for the year now coming to a close.
The Archbishop Speaks
The homily of Archbishop Lefebvre for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December 1972.
A Roman Dissects the Crisis in Rome
An interview conducted in July of this year by a priest of the Society of St. Pius X with a well-informed Italian layman who watches closely Church events in Rome, where he lives. "In today's Vatican there is not a single prelate who is good right down the line..."
The Contemporary Catholic Crisis in Its Historical Perspective
In this article of the series, Michael Davies discusses the question of obedience.
Ridgefield Diary
News of seminary life as autumn turns into winter.
Old Year Reflections
"A solemn thing it is, this change of years, and serious for all..." An excellent sermon by which to ring in the New Year, preached in 1910 by Rev. James McKernan.
A Child Is Born
To help us celebrate Christmas, Scholasticus has prepared a veritable extravaganza drawn from the Gospel of the feast and the writings of the saints.
Letters to the Editor
Readers write in from New Zealand and California.
News Briefs
News of Church and world from the columns of the Religious News Service.
Poetry for Christmas
"The Nativity of Christ" by St. Robert Southwell; "The Light of Bethlehem" by John Bannister Tabb; also, "Mary Was Watching," an excerpt from "The Reed," and "Ave Maria Bells."
Ask Me...
Father Carl answers questions about the rule to follow conscience, the T.F.P. organization, celebrating Halloween, and statues miraculously shedding tears.
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