TRIAL OF OUR LORD IN HIS PASSION

The Rev. Sebastian Wall

An interesting historical examination of the trial of our Lord based on the book by the Lemann Bros., Jewish converts, written in 1877: examination of the composition and membership of the Sanhedrin, and the legal strictures that should have ruled, based on the Mishna.

MEDITATION ON THE PASSION

Ten minutes with Fr. de Chivré on the Passion of Our Lord.

THE SOCIETY OF ST. PIUS X IN GABON

Fr. Groche, long-time Superior of the SSPX's apostolate in Gabon, briefly tells about the mission's history and present prospects.

SiSi No No #62: "The Ecumenism Trap" PART I

Since Vatican II, the standards of conduct toward those who have separated themselves from the Catholic Church have been discarded to the great harm of the Church's life. Declaring it a matter of survival for the Church, Fr. George May desperately sounds the alarm in The Ecumenism Trap to return to sound practices in dealings with non-Catholics.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Fr. Scott addresses the question: Is slavery evil, and if so, surely the North was right in the American Civil War? First comes a dispassionate look at the ancient institution in which slavery is considered in itself. Then the Catholic Church's influence and magisterium is introduced, and finally an opinion rendered about the causes of the War Between the States.

THE SUPPRESSION OF THE JESUITS

Miss Rose Carroll presents a basic account of the Jesuits before the Suppression of the Order in 1773, of the Suppression itself, with its causes and effects, and of the Order after the Suppression.

OBEDIENT IN ALL THINGS

A story of historical fiction based on the life of Emperor Henry II, by Linda Durbin.

THE ROOT OF THE MATTER

Dr. Herrera discusses the impact of Hans Urs von Balthasar's noxious book, Razing the Bastions, which did much to prepare the way for the radical trends that led up to Vatican II and helped to create a polluted atmosphere from which Catholicism has not yet escaped.