Issue: September 2010
Letter From the Editor
One of the major questions raised by the SSPX concerns the acceptability of Vatican II. The debate around this Council created an entirely new genre of literature since those who “saw that something was wrong in the Church” were not people who wanted to act against the Church, especially not on the basis of mere impressions.
Interview with Fr. Arnaud Rostand
Father, you were kind enough to grant an interview to The Angelus in the May 2009 issue. We would like to add some ideas and answers in this issue. First, what do you think of the development of the U. S. District?
Some Background to Anglicanorum Coetibus
The Anglican Schism, occasioned nearly five hundred years ago by Henry VIII’s divorce, saw the great majority of the English people fall into ecclesiastical autonomy,...
Summa Theologiae
An introduction to the Summa by Fr. Albert, O.P., a son of St. Dominic, in the hope of making this important work more accessible to modern readers.
The Lord's Prayer
The third petition of the Lord’s Prayer may sound strange to the ears of modern man: “Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven!” The spirit of the times is much more the opposite: “My will be done, as on earth, so in heaven!”
The "Spirit of Vatican II": Brian Moore's Catholics
Though it was published in 1972, Catholics articulates debates and anxieties that have agitated the Catholic Church since Vatican II ended in 1965.
Dante's Inferno: A Reading and Commentary
By Dr. David Allen White. In writing the Inferno, Dante had many things to feed his imagination. The first was a theological tradition which he uses often, ideas handed down over time about the nature of Hell. Thus he depicts Hell as a place of great suffering, a lake of fire, a place where damned souls are separated from the love of God.
The Questionable Practices of CCHD
CCHD = Catholic Campaign for Human Development The Catholic Campaign for Human Development has been allowed in the United States by the Catholic Bishops for many years to raise money from...
The Authority of Vatican II Questioned
Archbishop Lefebvre's thinking about Vatican II compiled by Fr. Gleize, SSPX
Church and World
Europe: The Council of Europe Asks Switzerland to Repeal Its Ban on Minarets On June 23 the Council of Europe asked Switzerland to repeal its ban on minarets “as soon as possible,”...
Questions and Answers: Alcoholism
Does alcoholism deprive one of the use of free will? Innumerable are the writings on alcoholism, and nearly as numerous are the explanations of the etiology of this disorder. The concern here is about the very particular question of the complex relationship between alcoholism and free will...
The Last Word: Criticism from Rome
By Msgr. Brunero Gherardini. In my effort to establish a synthesis of the positions defended by Bishop Lefebvre in favor of Tradition, and without pretending to treat exhaustively of the subject, it seems to me that the conflict establishes itself as follows...
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