Issue: March 1984
The Barbarians Have Taken Over
As a preliminary to discussing whether any law mandating the removal of the tabernacle from the main altar has been promulgated since Vatican II (next month), Mr. Davies must delve into the historical question of Mass facing the people.
Rampant Suicide: Symptom of the Abnegation Of God
Is it any wonder that secularism nurtures despair and suicide? Emanuel Valenza gives a philosophical explication of why this should be so.
Ridgefield Diary
It's winter season at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary—ice hockey and exams!
Episcopal Love Affair
The Post, and the other major news media, historically hostile to the moral initiatives of the Catholic Church, are now engaged in a hot new love affair with the bishops...
Random Thoughts
Michael Davies inaugurates a new column in which he speaks of matters of interest. This time he tells about his very good friend and collaborator, the Newman expert Monsignor Philip Flanagan, recently deceased.
The Crucifixion
A Benziger illustration of the crucifixion with the account from the Gospel according to St. Mark.
News Briefs
A new Italian-Vatican accord has ended the Catholic Church's special status in Italy... News straight from the Religious News Service wire.
Saint Matilda
Our featured saint of the month is a German queen who lived in the tenth century.
Neglect of Divine Calls and Warnings
Are you a Catholic who never misses Mass, who confesses regularly, who always says his prayers? If so, then you may presume this sermon is not for you, but it is! It is precisely for you! This sermon is Cardinal Newman at his most powerful for he warns each of us, especially those who consider themselves faithful Catholics, that we have no right to presume that we shall be saved...
Consider Well
St. Thomas More in poetic form gives advice for the spiritual combat.
Ask Me...
Father Carl addresses questions about attending the New Mass, the cross before a bishop's signature, and NFP.
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