Letter from the Editor

"Is not ours an age of mislived lives, of unmanned men? Why?...Because Jesus Christ has disappeared. Wherever the people are true Christians, there are men to be found in large numbers, but everywhere and always, if Catholicism wilts, men wilt. Look closely; they are no longer men but shadows of men. Thus what do you hear on all sides today? The world is dwindling away, for lack of men..."

Principles Governing Immigration

Immigration is currently so massive a reality that it is a hot topic of conversation, the object of many newspaper articles and political declarations of every stripe. It seemed useful to us to examine this reality and the ongoing debate about it from a Catholic perspective, firstly by setting forth a number of principles without which the discussion either goes astray or deteriorates into ideology.

The Rights and Duties of Immigration

What should be the immigrant's attitude towards the country that takes him in? Assimilation, equal rights, family reunification, ghettos, safeguarding national identity, etc., are the questions that inevitably come to mind, especially when massive immigration is occurring rapidly.

Young Peoples, Old Peoples

Fr. Gregory Celier

Legal immigration is just the visible face of a much more massive phenomenon, that of illegal immigration, which could even be called an "invasion." Is it permissible to refuse or repulse the unfortunates driven from their own countries by misery?

The Family Has Lost Its Head

Ed Willock

If the basis of marriage harmony is playing the same games, you may be sure that it will be a losing game, and one in which it will be more and more the custom for one child to pick up the marbles and look for another playmate...

Oblates of the Society of St. Pius X

A Q & A about the Oblate Sisters of the Society of St. Pius X.

Forty Years of Ecumenism with the Orthodox (Pt. 2)

The conclusion of Fr. Gresland's report takes a look at the different doctrinal problems at stake in the Church's relationships with Orthodoxy, the primary one being the papal primacy.

The Catechism of the Crisis in the Church, Pt. 4

Questions 21 – 23 delve into the role and responsibility of the conciliar popes for the crisis in the Church. Question 24 looks at the historical record for analogous examples.

Questions and Answers

Fr. Scott addresses a couple of questions on politics: dual citizenship and voting for a candidate who condones an unjust war.