Issue: December 1999

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Pastoral Letters: Relevance of Trent

At a moment when some of our contemporaries have it in mind to try to portray the present council as a counter-reformation, that is, as a counterbalance to what was exaggerated or circumstantial in the Council of Trent, it is a good thing to re-read a few pages of history which will give us a more accurate appreciation of the facts... [Magnificent!]

Romania: Historical Background

In order to organize Pope JP II's trip to Romania, the Vatican abandoned the demand that the Orthodox Church, Communist collaboraters, restore all the churches confiscated from the Greek Catholic Church... Thus, the great obstacle to "ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox" was eliminated—at the price of a true betrayal of the Greek Catholics

H.G. Wells: The False Prophet

It may be fair to say that no other single person in the English-speaking world more fully embodies, both in his ideals and his actions, the psychosis of 20th century culture...

Questions and Answers

There is a Catholic standard of modesty in dress for women. Is there also a standard of modesty of dress for men?

On the Relief of Suffering

A presentation to the Medical Guild of St. Raphael, St. Marys, Kansas, by Mr. Mark Downey.

Was the Perpetual Indult Accorded by St. Pius V Abrogated?

Fr. Laisney explains the canonical and theological reasons why the acts implementing Pope Paul's New Mass did not suppress the Mass of St. Pius V.

Episcopal DoubleSpeak

Circumstances impel Father Scott to explain to the Bishop of Joliet what the Church's dogma "Out of the Church no salvation" means.