Issue: December 2003

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Pastoral Letter: On the Problems of the Modern Apostolate

Questions 70 – 74 of Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer's Catechism of Opportune Truths, on Church teaching about property and other economic questions.

Saint Pius X: Principles of Political Action

The author, a French governmental official, outlines the political program that St. Pius X passed down to Catholics of the 21st century.

Account of the Inter-Religious Assembly of Fatima

The priests of the SSPX in Portugal reacted vigorously against the interreligious assembly held at Fatima in October 2003. Article includes an account of the event and the Society's press release decrying the ecumenical blasphemy.

The Spirit of Illuminated Color

A study of the French artists at Chartres who produced the beautiful stained-glass windows of the 13th-century cathedral there and the philosophy that inspired their work.

The Raising Up of Fr. De Smet

A visit to the grave site of the great Jesuit missionary Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smedt inspired the author to some reflections about his work and collaboration with another great missionary in America, St. Philippine Duchesne...

Religion on the Line

A parishioner from St. Vincent's, Kansas City, Missouri, takes the Bishop of Kansas City–St. Joseph to task for allowing Catholic spokesmen of doubtful orthodox to represent the Church in a Sunday-morning ecumenical radio talk show, and for his own unorthodox statements to the author in a personal interview.