Issue: May 2007

Letter from the Editor

Orlando, Florida, and its theme-park atmosphere sets Fr. Novak musing over Walt Disney's conception of how to live and the Church's, over Jiminy Cricket and Marcel De Corte...

Catechism of the Crisis in the Church. Chapter I

This is the first installment, comprising the first five questions, of Fr. Gaudron's Catechism of the Crisis of the Church, which establishes that there is indeed a real crisis in the Church.

The Conversion of Muslims in the West

Fr. Patrice Laroche, Ph.D.

A thorough and interesting overview of the history of Church-Muslim interaction, and present and future prospects for the conversion of Muslims. Includes St. Vincent de Paul's letter about his two-year captivity as a slave in Tunisia.

Free the Mass and the Face of the Earth shall be Renewed ; Must We Attend a Protestantized

Si Si No No #75

To understand the ways in which the return of the traditional rite could change many things for the better in the Church and in the world, one must first briefly consider the difference between the two liturgies, the traditional and the new...

Male and Female He Created Them

Fr. Xavier Beauvais

As we know, our souls were created by God in order to attain their ultimate end, which is God Himself. God created both men and women, but He also gave to each a specific mission.

By What Authority? A Conversion Story

How utterly impossible it is, humanly speaking, for someone born and raised Protestant and trained for Protestant ministry to become a traditional Catholic. What follows are my thoughts on how and why I became a traditional Roman Catholic.

Adapting to Christ's Mentality

Ten Minutes with Fr. de Chivré

 

 

Commentary on Sacramentum Caritatis

The spirit of the exhortation is entirely that of the Second Vatican Council. It is explicitly denied that the terrible abuses, the loss of vocations, the destruction of the sacred, the emptying of prayer life is any way a consequence of the spirit of Vatican II...

Letter to Friends and Benefactors #70

H.E. Bishop Bernard Fellay about the anticipated motu proprio that reportedly will remove restrictions on the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass.

Questions and Answers

Fr. Scott answers questions about Catholics speculating in the stock market and reading papal encyclicals.