Issue: April 1987

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The Society of Saint Pius X Letter to Friends and Benefactors

The Gospel prophecies concerning the last times, given by the mouth of the Incarnate Truth and by His Apostles, are being realized more fully with every passing day... Were not the principal lines of this development sanctioned by the Second Vatican Council?

Archbishop Speaks: Twenty Years of Struggle

The Society of St. Pius X was founded seventeen years ago... For those who do not know well its history it will be good to record its principal steps, especially at a time and in the present circumstances in which we strive to continue and develop what Divine Providence gave us to do.

The Pieta

A meditation.

Confession

Fr. Gregory Foley explains the great advantages to be derived from frequent confession, even for those without mortal sins to confess.

True and False Americanism in Religion

The Angelus Press has already published several items on Modernism, but Americanism and Sillonism are probably unknown to most readers. Therefore we present to you this month the Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Americanism, and next month the encyclical on Sillonism.

The Contemporary Catholic Crisis in Its Historical Perspective: Ecumania

Mr. Davies continues this series with a clear refutation of the ecumenical heresy. He points out more errors brought about by the "Spirit of Vatican II," and explains the "watering down" of the de fide teaching of the Church that "membership in the Church is necessary for all men for salvation."

Our Lord and Our Lady

A poem by Hilaire Belloc.

Never-ending Joy

Reflections on the significance of Easter from "Don Bosco's Madonna."

Letter from Ridgefield

Life at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary during Lent is interestingly related by some seminarians.

News Briefs

Catholic hospitals are defying Vatican teaching, an encyclical on Mary is an ecumenical effort, and the heretical Father Curran is suing Catholic University...

Liturgy and Personality

Dr. Malcolm Brennan reviews the latest from Sophica Institute Press: Liturgy and Personality by Dietrich von Hildebrand.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about the political activism of churchmen, the French Benedictine monastery that has rejoined modernist Rome, reverence towards the Holy Name, and the mystery of Holy Communion.