Issue: January 1980

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The Archbishop Speaks

Selections from four of the Archbishop's exhortations to keep the faith and resist the citadel of Satan...

Letter to Friends and Benefactors No. 17

The Society has a new General House...

A Sacred Stillness Reigns

This article is Chapter XVII of Mr. Davies' book, Pope Paul's New Mass, the concluding volume of his Liturgical Revolution trilogy.

A Valid Sacrifice

A small group of American bishops who recently petitioned Rome for clarification of what constitutes valid matter regarding the ingredients used in the manufacture of hosts, got more than they bargained for. For the full implications of the bishops' statement, one has to read between the lines...

Cardinal Mindszenty

Although for 60 years the Church has been suffering a persecution wider in scope, more refined in its methods, crueller, more dangerous and more intensive than any other persecution of the past, many Christians consider it a sign of intolerance to condemn it...

The Order of Melchisedech

Some thoughts on Michael Davies' book by Dr. William A. Marra.

The New Mass and the Pope

"The few lines which follow are not an exhaustive study of the problems [of the New Mass and the Pope]. Their purpose rather is to clarify our conclusions to such an extent that no one may be mistaken regarding the official position of the Society of Saint Pius X" ... Does the Church have a true Pope or an imposter on the throne of St. Peter?

Mary Martinez writes from Rome

Vaticanista Mary Martinez reports on an interesting Vatican press conference about Catechesi Tradendae, and then explains what accreditation with the Vatican means and what its privileges are.

Another Conciliar Potpourri

Recent statements of John Paul II flatly contradict the teaching of the Catholic Church.

Rome's Decrees on Modesty in Dress are Victims of "Conspiracy of Silence"

The Crusade Against Immodest Fashions, Especially in Schools Directed by Religious, ordered by Pope Pius XI on August 23, 1928, was all but completely ignored in the United States, even by our Catholic press. A report from the Marylike Crusader, including the text of two letters imposing the duty for religious authorities to see to the modest dress of the faithful and the standards set by Pope Pius XI in 1928.

News from Econe

A report on the liturgical year and a solemn warning addressed by Archbishop Lefebvre to the French parliament then considering the legalization of abortion.

Forbidden to see the Pope!

Author Michel de Saint-Pierre relates the efforts of the Curia to keep him from communicating with John Paul II during the Credo pilgrimage to Rome in December.

Ask Me...

Father Carl addresses questions about the Mass, participation in Protestant and N.O. weddings, apparitions, and the children of traditional Catholics being sent to N.O. schools.