Issue: April 1988

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From the Desk of the Editor

One of the most grave problems besetting our country today is poor education. Of late we seem to be constantly hearing of the academic failure of our American youth compared to other nations' youth...

Catholics and the Temporal Order

Are Catholics obligated to the temporal order or do their responsibilities end with the recitation of prayers and the practice of virtue?

He Deserves Prison!

Father Krupa's story continues (Part VII).

A Tribute to Our Lady

A priest's childhood memory of the first time he asked for Our Lady's help in need! From "Don Bosco's Madonna."

Father Francis X. Seelos, C.SS.R.

Could two canonized saints have lived in the same parish house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the late 1840s? It seems almost incredible, yet it just might someday come true...

Why I Am a Traditionalist

One of the most encouraging aspects of the crisis in the Church is the number of young Catholics who are giving their support to the traditionalist movement. This short article comes from a member of the Young Roman Catholic Movement in England.

Communist Propaganda and the Spanish Civil War

Emanuel Valenza explains why the reader must beware when he picks up a book about the Spanish Civil War!

The Spanish Civil War

A brief history of this epic struggle by Anne Carroll.

Book Review: Memoirs of Mindzenty

A book review of The Memoirs of Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty, published in 1974.

Some Humor

"Pontius the Pilot" and "A Child's Confession."

News Briefs

"Pope said to be moving closer to reconciliation with Lefebvre," from the RNS.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about assisting at Masses of the Old Catholics, the Eldest Daughter of the Church, sacraments adminstered by the SSPX, Catholics contributing to Protestant works, and the reasons for Bishop Vezelis's opposition to Archbishop Lefebvre.