Issue: January 1988

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Letter from the Editor

For the tenth anniversary of the Angelus Press and the Angelus, Father Cooper explains the magazine's retro cover and introduces this issue's articles.

Some Memories of the Child Marcel

Sister Marie Christiane, the Archbishop's sister and Superior of the Carmelite Convent at Quievrain in Belgium, has most graciously provided us with some personal memories of the Archbishop's childhood. We are sure that our readers will be deeply moved by these glimpses into the past which she wrote at the request of Michael Davies.

The Archbishop Speaks

Excerpts from a sermon preached by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre 4 July 1976, Geneva, Switzerland, on the occasion of the First Solemn High Mass of Father Denis Roch.

When the West Meets the East...

An article in three parts: (1) news from the present dealing with the Greek Schismatics, with whom Pope John Paul II is trying to effect a reunion; (2) a history of the schism, and (3) an explanation of a dogma the Greeks reject and which Pope John Paul doesn't seem to mind that they reject.

Send in the Clowns

Chronicler of the Conciliar Church Michael Davies discusses the Clown Mass that occurred on 2 April 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts.

In the Chains of the Hammer & Sickle, Part IV

Part 4 of Fr. Krupa's story of the fate of this Franciscan priest under Communism in Hungary.

The Ridgefield Diary

The seminarians chronicle the activities of the seminary for Thanksgiving and Advent, and report on the negotiations on-going with Rome.

Joyfulness of the heart is the life of a man...

A spot of humor.

News Briefs

Signs of the times appear in this assortment of news clippings: a fishing boat exorcised, U.S. to build schools for North African Jews in France, a good boy turns Satanist and matricide in a matter of weeks...

The Society of St. Pius X Founds a Mission in the "Land of Eternal Spring"

Father Lafitte reports on the founding of a mission in Guatemala.

Our Mother of Tears

The story behind the icon known as the Madonna of Pocs (Maria Potsch in German), venerated as the Hungarian Madonna and also as Our Lady of Vienna, is fascinating enough to make a good plot for a book.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about Life issues, the indulgence at the point of death, and traditional religious orders in the United States.