Issue: May 2012
Letter from the Publisher
Our Lord tells us in the Gospel that “if the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you” (Jn. 15:18). Indeed, the persecution of the Faith and the hatred of Our Lord...
The Phenomenon of Christophobia
by Claude Polin This past fall and part of the winter, it has been seen fit for the intellectual glamour of Paris, notably by the mayor of the capital, that some theaters be awarded public...
Quark Ex Nihilo? Stephen Hawking Flight from God
The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.-- Albert Einstein
The Earshattering Silence of the Church
by Claude Polin In my previous article about the gross “artistic” aggressions against the Catholic faith that recently took place in France, I tried to weigh the motives of the...
Jacques Maritain, the HHS Mandate, and the Failure of American Pluralism
by Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Ph.D. “As a consequence, the State, constituted as it is, is clearly bound to act up to the manifold and weighty duties linking it to God, by the public...
Book Review: Duties of the Catholic State by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani
Book Review: Duties of the Catholic State by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani By Scott Quinn At first glance, this little booklet (based on a lecture given at the Pontifical Lateran University)...
God Is Good
by Fr. Albert, O.P. “I was at your first Mass, Father, fifteen years ago when I was only six, but I still remember the first words of your sermon: ‘God is...
The Goal of All Liturgy
by Fr. Dominique Bourmaud, SSPX As you step into one of those old monasteries and convents with the air of incense and their quaint medieval sculptures, you are entering another world,...
Christophobia, Catholic Action, and Christophilia
by John Rao, D. Phil. (Oxon.) Contemporary Christophobia No one but a Desert Father buried in the wilderness can have missed the exponential increase in the number and variety of...
Il Fermo Proposito
by Pope St. Pius X Encyclical on Catholic Action in Italy, June 11, 1905 3. The field of Catholic Action is extremely vast. In itself it does not exclude anything, in any manner,...
St. John Vianney, Patron of Parish Priests (1786-1859) Unintimidating Saint
by Fr. Emanuel Herkel, SSPX The Road to Ars A poor lost priest was wandering through the evening mist. He was on a country road not much better than the cow tracks which split off...
Devotion to the Sacred Heart
In 1689, St. Margaret Mary informed Louis XIV, then King of France, that the Sacred Heart wished to enter his royal household and to be honored by the king and his court. Furthermore, Our Lord requested that His Sacred Heart be placed on the banners and arms of France while promising the Catholic forces of France victory over her enemies....
Francis Clement Kelley: A Bishop for All Seasons
by Christopher Check Among the chief poverties of life in the ruins of Christendom is an absence of the larger-than-life Catholic heroes whose sanctity, daring, brilliance, drive, and...
Is Your Parenting Style Working?
by Michael J. Rayes Traditionalist Catholic parents have a lot on their minds. As with all parents, they feel the duty to provide for their children, but Traditionalists know that child-rearing...
The Key to a Fruitful Marriage
by Fr. Hervé de la Tour, SSPX Sometime ago two faithful came to us to ask a special blessing for their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The ceremony in the Roman Ritual is very...
Q&A
Is the administration of Extreme Unction valid if the priest does not anoint the hands and feet? The proximate matter of the sacraments consists in the application of the remote matter to the...
Church and World
No Longer Island of Saints and Scholars Recently in Ireland, both North and South, a poll commissioned by the Association of Catholic Priests revealed sadly familiar results....
Laicity and Liberalism
By Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, FSSPX This article is Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize’s preface to his translation of the third volume of Cardinal Billot’s Treatise on the Church. This volume...
Letters to the Editor
Dear Angelus Press, As a long-time subscriber to The Angelus , I’ve noticed that many of the articles have decreased in length. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not...
The Last Word
Dear Readers, Today (April 24) three out of fifteen Catholic World News articles focus on the persecution of Christians. These articles touch upon a few of the many ways in which the...
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