Issue: January 2009

Letter from the Editor

One of the subjects which raises the most interest in traditionalist circles is the question: Is there any hope for a renewal in the Church, any attempt of reform, any movement of a “New...

Ordination Sermon

Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta Given on the occasion of the ordination ceremony at the Society of St. Pius X’s seminary in Ecône, Switzerland (June 27, 2008). Excellencies,...

Letter from La Reja
Music

  Dear Friends of The Angelus and Benefactors of La Reja,     Music is an activity of human beings that strikes deep into, and comes deep out of, their souls, so it is...

Ugly as Sin? or Gospel in Stone?

  The Decline of Sacred Architecture –Symptoms of a Doctrinal Problem   Fr. Markus Heggenberger Christian art is art produced in an attempt to illustrate, supplement,...

The New Rosary Crusade

Sermon by Bishop Fellay, Lourdes, October 26, 2008 We are gathered here on the magnificent Feast of Christ the King in order to honor, praise, and thank, but also to hear and implore the...

The Problem of Liberty

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre On May 2, 1965, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, then Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers, gave a conference to students in Paris on the problem of liberty. A...

Delegation of the Jewish International Committee Received at the Vatican

On October 30, 2008, for the second time, Benedict XVI received a delegation of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, with which the Holy See has been in contact for...

Abbey Returns to Tradition

Mariawald is a Cistercian Monastery of the “strict observance” (known popularly as the Trappist order, very contemplative and one of the strictest orders in the Catholic Church) in...

Questions & Answers

Fr. Peter R. Scott What is to be done with blessed items that can no longer be used? There are many such items that the Church uses, including sacred vessels, altar linens, Mass vestments,...