Issue: April 2007

Letter from the Editor

Fr. Kenneth Novak

Our national habits of non-reading are compared and contrasted with the twenty spiritual benefits of reading according to Father Faber.

 

Mingling with Muslims

An apologetical primer on Islam: its history and how to refute its errors.

Understanding the Age of the Martyrs

While Greece gave Europe all in it that is distinctly Western, it required the world of the Roman political and legal order to extend this tradition of higher civilization to Western Europe. The Romans cooperated with the prosperity of the early Church. So where did things first turn dark?...–by Christopher Check

Vocations: The Cloistered Dominican Nuns

Featured is St. Joseph's Monastery, Avrillé, France, a community of contemplative cloistered nuns, the "Sisters Preacheresses."

The Resurrection

For Easter, a chapter from In the Likeness of Christ by Fr. Edward Leen.

Faith Exiled from Education

Twenty Minutes with Fr. de Chivré

The Hands of a Priest: A Meditation for Holy Thursday

Fr. Michel Simoulin in a Holy Thursday sermon explains the deeper significance of the Lord's washing the feet of the Apostles.

An Interview with Cardinal Hoyos: The Current Ecclesiastical Situation

Panorama Catolica Internacional

The interview with the Prefect of the "Ecclesia Dei" Commission, in which he states notably that the SSPX is not in schism, is followed by a commentary by the Editor of PCI.

Book Review: Garcia Moreno

Just at a time when it seems that hope of establishing the Social Kingship of our Lord Jesus Christ in the world today is at an all-time low, Dolorosa Press has republished the book Garcia Moreno by Rev. Fr. Augustine Berthe. It tells the story of a man of invincible faith and courage, Ecuadorian President Gabriel Garcia Moreno, who dared to stand up to the liberal and Freemasonic cabal and to restore the government of Ecuador on Catholic social principles. Reviewed by Mrs. Patti Petersen.

Questions and Answers

Fr. Peter Scott explains what is "the acceptable year of the Lord" and whether a Catholic wife and mother may work outside the home.