Issue: February 1982

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To Our Readers

A glance at the Angelus Press calendar for February reminds us that it is the month commemorating Our Lady's appearance at Lourdes (on the 11th), and also the beginning of Lent—Ash Wednesday falling on the 24th. The two observances give us one clear message: prayer and penance.

The Archbishop Speaks

"What Pope Paul VI entitled the 'auto-destruction' of the Church is nothing else than what the self-same bishops and priests are realizing within the Catholic Church. I do not want to contribute to the destruction of the Church!"—A lecture given in Arentina, 13 August 1981.

A Traditionalist Is Cured at Lourdes

The Angelus is delighted to present this first-hand account of a Traditional Catholic's adventures at Lourdes. Mr. Webster is a New Yorker, transplanted to Florida; he sells insurance for his livelihood and directs the Oratory of the Holy Rosary in West Palm Beach.

The Doctrine of Original Sin

Michael Davies sets forth the Church's doctrine on original sin.

On Fasting: Excerpts from "The Catechism Explained"

The Church's teaching on fasting as explained in the catechism by Spirago and Clarke, 1899.

Meditations & Readings for Lent

An excerpt by St. Thomas Aquinas from Meditations and Readings for Lent.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about how to efface punishment due to personal sins, the nature of Christ, and the Biblical teaching on purgatory.