Issue: July 2003
Pastoral Letter: On the Problems of the Modern Apostolate
Questions 39-46 of Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer's Catechism of Opportune Truths, covering questions about spirituality and the new morality.
Humanistic Pacifism
The Church is pacific, but not pacifistic. Father Iscara critiques modern assessments of modern warfare that lead to the abandonment of the Church's traditional just-war doctrine in favor of functional or even absolute pacifism.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Father Scott addresses the burning question of whether it is sinful for a traditional Catholic family to have a TV in the home.
Where Did the Assumption Take Place?
Where was Our Lady living at the time of her death? Which city can claim the distinction of being the site of the Assumption? There are two candidates for this honor, and each makes its case based upon fascinating evidence...
Book Review: Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism
Informative review of the Catholic classic by economist Amintore Fanfani, who took his Catholic faith seriously and who recognized that there is no Catholic moral or social teaching that is not meant to be implemented in the daily lives of the faithful.
Burial or Cremation?
Nowadays cremation of the bodies of the deceased is widely accepted, yet the Church has always resolutely opposed this practice. With the new Code of Canon Law, the Church's heavy sanctions against cremation were discarded. What are we to think...and do? Includes an historical overview of funerary rites from Antiquity.
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