Issue: May 2004

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PIUS X AND CARDINAL PIE

We know that the future Pope Pius X became familiar with the French language by reading the works of Cardinal Pie. Is that really all he drew from them? A side-by-side comparison of four texts gives the answer. Concludes with the famous interview between Cardinal Pie and Emperor Napoleon III.

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS CHRIST

Five Minutes with Cardinal Pie: "Who could remain cold and indifferent to the Heart of Jesus? It would mean not having a heart ourselves. God forbid I not speak to you of the Heart of Jesus without speaking also of your own heart, and without placing these two hearts in the presence of each other."

BISHOP FELLAY'S INTERVIEW WITH RADIO COURTOISIE

Bishop Fellay's interview with the French Catholic radio station Radio Courtoisie on Feb. 5, 2004, in reaction to a very revealing speech of Cardinal Kasper, and to explain the reasons for the Society's study, From Ecumenism to Silent Apostasy.

THE DECLARATIONS OF THE UNSILENT APOSTATE

Si Si No No #58: Does Cardinal Kasper believe that revelation ended with St. John or not? Analysis of a speech by Cardinal Kasper to a meeting of the National Episcopal Commission of Italy on ecumenism, in which a couple of assertions prompt the author to examine the underlying principles and finally to ask: Is the teaching of Cardinal Kasper merely suspect of heresy or heretical pure and simple.

THE CONSECRATIONS OF ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE AND SOME UNINSTRUCTED PERSUADERS

Si Si No No #58

A reader's letter to the editor shows that fifteen years after the episcopal consecrations of 1988 by Archbishop Lefebvre, disinformation is still being circulated. The Editor enlightens the reader about the state of necessity, supplied jurisdiction, and the truth about the sacraments administered by SSPX priests.

BOOK REVIEW: Ethics and the National Economy

Forget Milton Friedman; ditch Ludwig von Mises and put Father Pesch in his place. The reviewer, Dr. Peter Chojnowski, explains why.

FR. BYLES AND THE "SHIP OF DREAMS"

What many do not know about the ship Titanic is that, providentially, there was a Catholic priest aboard to minister to the doomed voyagers in their last moments: Fr. Thomas Byles. How he came to be a Catholic, then a Catholic priest, and finally a casualty at sea, is an interesting story.

FINDING CATHOLICISM AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

A student of the Bible finds his way home.

BEING POLITE WITH GOD

Five Minutes with Father de Chivré.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Is the Blessed Virgin Mary "divine"? Are the prayers after Low Mass to be recited for the conversion of Russia, and if so why is this rarely announced. Father Scott answers.