Issue: February 2009
Letter from the Editor
Toward the end of January there occurred an event that changed The Angelus at the last minute. Various documents related to the papal withdrawal of the excommunications of the SSPX bishops from...
The Withdrawal of the 1988 Excommunications
The following pages contain the important documents that are related to the withdrawal of the excommunications the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X. The first document is the decree from the...
What I Owe to Lourdes
René Schwob René Schwob (1895–1946) was a French Jew who converted to the Catholic Faith at the age of 30. While a soldier in WWI, he had received a signal grace. As he lay...
For Altar and Hearth: The Flemish Peasants’ War
Mr. Herwig van Moerenland The year 2008 saw the 220th anniversary of the Flemish Peasants’ War. In 1798 the best of the Flemish people took up their weapons to defend the Catholic Faith...
The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne
GErTrUD VON LE FOrT The Sixteen Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne guillotined at Paris, July 17, 1794. They are the first sufferers under the French Revolution on whom the Holy See...
Traditional Religious Orders
Cooperators of Christ the King
Caussade, France The Cooperators of Christ the King affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X is not really a new congregation, but rather a new branch of the Parish...
BOOK Review: Motherhood and Family
TITLE: Motherhood and Family author: Various Women Publisher: Angelus Press Reviewer: Mrs. Colleen Drippé SUMMARY: Sixteen essays from Integrity...
Timelessness of the Encyclical “Humani Generis”
In Saint-Malo, on this past August 15, during the sermon he gave on the occasion of the Procession to fulfill the vow of King Louis XIII, Bishop Bernard Fellay invited the faithful to read and...
Catechism Of the Crisis In the Church
Fr. Matthias Gaudron PART 20 The chapter on the New Mass concludes with a study of Communion in the hand, including the historical background to its treacherous introduction, and...
Questions & Answers
FR. peter R. scott Is it permissible to have a tattoo? The sporting of tattoos is not something new in the history of humanity. The defacing of one’s body is seen in many primitive...
Statement of Fr. Nicholas Mary, C.SS.R.
A terrible crisis in Faith has shaken the hierarchy and members of the Catholic Church these past 40 years, and as a result there has been increasing and general confusion amongst them as to what...
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