Issue: May 1985

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From the Editor

The past month of April was marked by important decisions for the Angelus Press.

The Archbishop Speaks

Two sermons of Archbishop Lefebvre delivered during his visit in April 1985; when the Pope commands us to sin...

Pope St. Saint Gregory VII

Our Saint of the Month ranks with Gregory I, Innocent III, Pius V, and Pius X as one of the half-dozen greatest men ever to occupy the papal throne.

Random Thoughts

Michael Davies debunks a book about Archbishop Lefebvre that has received high praise in some quarters: Pontiff by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts.

Queen of the Angels

A sonnet by Giovanni Boccacio (d. 1375).

Neo-Pelagianism Assaults the Church

Emanuel Valenza analyzes an heretical 10-page catechism used by 600 parishes in the U.S. to instruct parents on the Church's teaching about baptism and original sin. Pelagianism, the last vestiges of which were stamped out by the Second Synod of Orange in 529, has resurrected in the Church!

Twenty-Four Golden Rules for Raising Children

Some wise hints for bringing up children from the Angelus magazine's counterpart in Germany.

Saint Augustine Preaches on Pentecost

In this selection from a Pentecost sermon, St. Augustine answers two questions very relevant in our day: Why is the gift of tongues not (truly) given? and Does the Holy Ghost dwell outside the Church?

Our Lady in the Modern World

Reflections by Father Lord, S.J., a saintly American Jesuit of the pre-Vatican II era.

News from the Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity

An update about the Carmel being founded in the U.S. by Mother Marie-Christiane, Mother Superior of the Carmel of the Sacred Heart in Belgium.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about corpus-less crosses in Catholic Churches, a popular novena's requirements, what the phrase "To the pure all things are pure" means, and usury.