Issue: May 2010

Letter from the Editor

Pope Gregory VII, canonized by the Church, became known as a pope who made possible a reform of the Catholic Church. One reason was that he fought against the corruption which had taken root in...

European Roots of National Socialism

A contribution to the reflection on the Year of Darwin PART 1 Norbert Clasen National Socialism and its crimes undoubtedly constituted a phenomenon without historical precedent....

Interview with Fr. Franz Schmidberger

  Benjamin Greschner, the editor of Kathnews in Germany, interviews Fr. Franz Schmidberger, FSSPX.   Stuttgart (Kathnews exclusive). The theological discussions between...

“The Lord’s Prayer”

Part 1 of 10 Fr. Thomas Jatzkowski, FSSPX Although the Our Father is the most known and popular prayer in Christianity, it is rarely used in preaching and meditation. The Lord’s Prayer...

Doctrinal Discussions in Rome

Although many know that doctrinal discussions are currently underway between the Holy See and the Society of St. Pius X, the characters involved are not well known, especially in America. As a...

On the Way to the Unified World Religion:
A New Fatima

The announced plan of the responsible ecclesiastical authorities in Portugal is to transform Fatima into an interreligious center; it must then be feared that the inauguration of this new building is meant to bury the “old Fatima” once and for all.

Dante: An Introduction

PART 1 Dr. David Allen White T. S. Eliot once said, “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them; there is no third.” This is an astonishing statement, but I am...

The Authority of Vatican II Questioned

PART 5 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre The Faith Is the Foundation of Legality in the Church In this spiritual conference given to the seminarians of Ecône on February 27, 1976,...

Television: The Soul at Risk

PART 6 Isabelle Doré This is the sixth installment of a series on television. It was originally published as a book by Clovis in France (Clovis is the publishing house of the...

Church and World

The Catholic Church at the Crossroads: Decline or Reform? It is difficult to talk about the Catholic Church without mentioning the present crisis which is published in every newspaper. In...