Letter from the Publisher

Dear Reader, The Angelus is putting in your hands a new issue to commemorate the golden jubilee of the Society of Saint Pius X. November 1, 1970 marked the birth of the SSPX and the last...

SSPX Timeline

From the Regina Coeli Report (July - August, 2014) 1970 Bishop Charrière approves the statutes, canonically establishing the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X....

“Beacon on the Plain”: Saint Mary’s

By Andrew J. Clarendon During the summer of 1967, in response to falling numbers of vocations, the Jesuits left Saint Mary’s, Kansas, abandoning the site they had established almost 119...

Mixing Joys with Sorrows

By Fr. Dominique Bourmaud, SSPX In response to the turmoil which upset the Catholic landscape after the Vatican II Council, Archbishop Lefebvre officially founded in 1970 the Society of Saint...

An Apostate’s Journey Back

By John A. McFarland I apostasized on December 8, 1965, the day before the final session of Vatican II. I sometimes sardonically describe myself as the first fruits of Vatican II. Returning...

The SSPX Canadian District

“From Sea to Sea” By Fr. Jacques Emily and Fr. Daniel Couture “Your story is an epic.” These words of the French-Canadian National anthem have a wonderful application...

Bishop Fellay Speaks: For the Love of the Church

By Bishop Bernard Fellay Editor’s Note: The former Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay, conversed with Robert Landers in a book that has just been...

Meditation on St. John’s Gospel

By Pater Inutilis We are still, in this chapter (Jn. 3), early in the Public Life of Our Lord, with St. John the Baptist not yet cast into prison and still baptizing (1:23f), when Nicodemus...

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: The Canon—Part One

By Fr. Christopher Danel In this article we begin an examination of the Canon of the Mass, presenting the work of Msgr. Nicholas Gihr in his fundamental liturgical commentary The Holy...

The Spirit of the Society

By Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Translated by Lauren Webb. The spirit of the Society of Saint Pius X is before all else that of the Church. Recognized by the Church as a society of common life...

The Good Shepherd of the 1970s in the United States

By a Benedictine Monk The 1970s were a turbulent time for the Catholic Church. The application of the Liturgical changes of the Church were brutally implemented with the so-called spirit of the...

The Icon of the Baptism of Our Lord

By Romanus At Christmas, the Word of God appears in the silence of the night, alone, with only a few chosen souls present, witnesses of the Mystery, but without knowing the true nature of the...

Can Anything Good Come from France?

By John Rao, D.Phil. Oxon. “Blessed be the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck” (Lk. 11:27). Anniversary celebrations of both individuals and societies...

How to Educate the Child to Order Their Belongings

By the Sisters of the Society St. Pius X The calling of an educator is the most beautiful, but without a doubt also the most difficult. It means making of the child, so inclined to satisfy his...

Questions and Answers

Complex Questions & Simple Answers

Why are Catholics arrogant in their pretense that their Church is the true means of salvation and that no one outside the Church can be saved?

Who is the Problem: The SSPX or Rome?

By Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize “We mustn’t be surprised that we are unable to get along with Rome. It will be impossible so long as Rome does not return to the Faith in the Kingship of...

The Last Word

Dear Reader, “The exception proves the rule” is a proverb often used by charlatans to justify the unjustifiable—“I’m not usually in favor of abortion but in the...