Issue: May 2009

Letter from the Editor

The reader of The Angelus will find in this issue the first part of an interview with Fr. Gumpel, S.J., relator of the cause of Pius XII. He is probably the living person who knows more than...

Combat for the Faith

Fr. Niklaus Pfluger Dear Fathers, Sisters, and Friends,   Thank you for coming this evening. I want to speak to you about recent events and news between the Society and Rome. In...

Interview: Fr. Arnaud Rostand

Father, could you tell us a little bit about yourself? Perhaps where you were born, ordained, etc.?

Pope Pius XII

and the Attitude of the Catholic Church During World War II Interview with Fr. Peter Gumpel, S.J., the relator of the cause of Pope Pius XII. A German by birth, he relates his own personal...

Pope Benedict’s Gesture: Tradition’s Venture

Fr. Philippe Toulza   He did it, and did it quickly without any real reciprocation and despite the risks. On January 21, Benedict XVI, through the intermediary of the Congregation for...

Society’s strategy

Fr. Regis de Cacqueray   Talk of “strategy” may surprise. Does the word’s military connotation, the tactical side it suggests, suit an eminently religious and...

The Morality of Video Games

Jacques Delorme “Classic Games and Video Games” (in the March 2009 issue of The Angelus ) covered the basic principles governing the morality of games in general. Jacques Delorme...

Catechism Of the Crisis In the Church

Fr. Matthias Gaudron PART 23   After examining the nature of the sacraments in the last installment, the Catechism looks at modern abuses of the Sacrament of Penance and the origin...

Church and World

Homage to Pius XII, Seventy Years After His Election After the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Pius XII (1939-58) in October 2008, L’Osservatore Romano , in its...

Questions & Answers

Fr. Peter R. Scott Do I have to pray for Pope Benedict XVI’s intentions to gain indulgences? It is certainly very true that one of the conditions imposed by the Church for gaining any...