Issue: April 2009

Letter from the Editor

After January 21, when the Pope officially revoked the excommunications of the bishops of the SSPX, there was much ecclesiastical smoke surrounding the issue of “traditionalists inside the...

Open Letter of the Bishops of the Society of St. Pius X

  To His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI   Most Holy Father,   In sentiments of thanksgiving we wish to express our deep gratitude for Your act of paternal kindness and...

“Where do we Stand"

Fr. Franz Schmidberger Conference delivered at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Kansas City, Missouri (March 2, 2009) The theme of our conference tonight is “Where do we...

Lost and Found

Edwin Faust   This is an excerpt fromt Edwin Faust’s essay which appears in Love in the Ruins , the newest title from Angelus Press. A review of this book will appear in a...

Traditional Religious Orders
Brothers of the Society of St. Pius X

Winona, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Lefebvre drew his inspiration for the Brothers of the Society of St. Pius X from his own Congregation, the Holy Ghost Fathers. The Brothers of the Holy Ghost...

Interview Fr. Niklaus Pfluger

Interview of Neue Luzerner Zeitung (Feb. 15, 2009) with Fr. Niklaus Pfluger, First Assistant to the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X. Neue Luzerner Zeitung is a Swiss newspaper....

Is the Second Vatican Council Indisputable?

  To this question, the French bishops answered in a statement issued by the Permanent Council of the Bishops’ Conference dated January 28: “Under no circumstances will Vatican...

BOOK REVIEW: Exile in Erin by Fr. William Barnaby Faherty, S.J.

TITLE: Exile in Erin author: Fr. William Barnaby Faherty, S.J. Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press Reviewer: Patrick McCarthy SUMMARY:...

Catechism Of the Crisis In the Church

PART 22 Fr. Matthias Gaudron The Conclusion of Chapter VIII, on the priesthood, examines the questions of the ordination of women and priestly celibacy. (Continued from The Angelus ,...

Questions & Answers

Fr. Peter R. Scott What did Bishop Fellay mean when he called the Jews our “older brothers”? This expression was used by a journalist, who wrongly presumed that this expression...