Issue: January 2003

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Pastoral Letter: On The Problems Of The Modern Apostolate

Bishop De Castro Mayer's Pastoral Letter examines the elements of modernism at work in the Church in modern times in a series of 80 propositions covering different facets of the Church's life: Liturgy, Church structure, the methods of the apostolate, the spiritual life, morality, the modern ideologies, and Church-State relations. Propositions 5 – 10 of 80 are presented in this installment.

On the Canonizations of Pope John Paul II

Not only has there been an astonishing increase in the number of beatifications and canonizations since Vatican II, but the choice of subjects has often resulted in the pairing of persons who were doctrinally opposed... In order to make sense of the situation, the authors first give an overview of the history and doctrine of canonizations in the Church.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Father Scott explains when a law of the Church is not a law at all in the context of discussing the bad translations of "pro multis" by "for all."

BOOK REVIEW: THE LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Fr. Timothy Pfeiffer highlights the main points of Fr. Bonneterre's history of the Liturgical Movement.

THE MISSISSIPPI FLOWS INTO THE TIBER

Fr. Iscara studies the role and influence of the American bishops at the Second Vatican Council in an attempt to discern one of the lines of doctrinal filiation of the Council and some of the  responsibilities for its deviations.