Issue: April 2008

Letter from the Editor

Angelus Press editor Fr. Kenneth Novak updates us on new titles and an SSPX prior's challenge to school children to read.

Common Sense in Crisis

Marcel De Corte was one of the great Thomistic philosophers of the 20th century. In an attempt to introduce English-speakers to his work we are translating material from his work. Bishop Williamson clarified and adapted this particular chapter to make it more relevant to 2008.

Good Friday Prayer for the Jews Changed in the 1962 Missal

A note from the Secretary of State of the Holy See, published on the first page of the Osservatore Romano on February 5, 2008, announced that Pope Benedict XVI had decided to modify the Good Friday prayer for the Jews in the 1962 Roman Missal.

The Missionary Spirit and Conciliar Ecumenism

By inscribing themselves in the perspective of a continuity between Tradition and Vatican II, the two doctrinal notes from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith fail to prove that the conciliar notions of ecumenism and religious liberty do not introduce any rupture in the traditional Catholic teaching...

The Tragedy of Modern Woman

Carol Jackson

The central fact of the case is that women need to love tremendously...

Benedictine Monks

Benedictine Monks, Silver City, New Mexico

Founded in 1991 in the southern Rocky Mountains that overlook Silver City, New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery is the home of a young community of Benedictine monks.

Filming the Mind's Eye: The Fallacy of Passive Entertainment

Dr. Andrew Childs

Active cultivation provides us with the tools to fulfill the commandment to love one another in the most wondrous of ways...

Leisure and Education

Thirty Minutes with Fr. de Chivré: Fathers and mothers–and wannabes–may find this conference to be for them a cold shower. Leisure may be relaxation, but how a father or mother engages in it says everything about their soul, their manhood or femininity, and the fulfilment of their distinct roles.

Catechism of the Crisis in the Church (Pt. 11)

Our serialization continues with the chapter of the Catechism devoted to questions of civil society. The debate about religious liberty is further explored with an analysis of the additional development of ecumenism.

Questions & Answers

Fr. Peter Scott answers the question: Is it true to say the difference between human beings is in the body and not in the soul? 

Writing Contest Winner

Angelus Press Photo Essay Contest Winner: Patrick Walter

A battlefield chaplain reflects...