SSPX seminaries receive cassock, tonsure and minor orders
3 of the SSPX's 5 seminaries held ceremonies this week wherein some seminarians received the clerical habit of the cassock, while some were tonsured and received certain minor orders... 2-3-2012

SSPX: Bishop Fellay’s response to Cardinal Levada being studied in Rome
According to a source close to the matter, we can announce that the letter posted by Bishop Fellay in mid-January is not a “second response”; rather it clarifies the position of the Society of St. Pius X... 2-3-2012 DICI NEWS

Extracts from Bishop Fellay's sermon given at Winona seminary on February 2
"We are not an independent group. Even if we are fighting with Rome, we are still, so to say, with Rome. We are fighting with Rome; or, if you want, against Rome, at the same time with Rome. And we claim and we continue to say, we are Catholic. We want to stay Catholic..." 2-3-2012 STAS.ORG SOURCE

“Magisterium or living tradition?”, Fr. Gleize denounces a false dilemma
"Why this confusion? Why reduce the living magisterium to the magisterium of the present? Because since Vatican II they have been trying to invent a new magisterium. The magisterium is redefined, because its task [now] is to express the continuity of a subject and no longer the continuity of an object..." 2-3-2012 DICI NEWS

Switzerland: Diocesan Priests on an Inexorable Decline?
Since 1970, the number of diocesan priests incardinated in the Swiss bishoprics has diminished by more than half. In 2029, according to [an] analysis, there will most likely be 37% fewer priests than today, that is, 50% fewer than in 1991... 2-3-2012 DICI NEWS

Publication of pastoral guidelines for the Year of Faith
...The Year of Faith should be the occasion to rediscover the teachings of Vatican II and of the CCC. Several international conferences will be organized, and seminarians will be invited to study these documents carefully... 2-3-2012 DICI NEWS

Pastor's Corner: Marian dispositions
Those whose hearts are filled with things of this world, those who are attached to things of this world, they also have their heart closed, their heart hardened by all the goods of this world... 2-2-2012

SSPX answers Roman expert
L’Osservatore Romano of December 2, 2011, published a study by Msgr. Fernando Ocariz, one of the four experts who represented the Holy See during the recent doctrinal discussions with the SSPX October 2009-April 2011). The central question of the magisterial value of the Second Vatican Council is addressed straightforwardly, yet nevertheless insufficiently... 1-31-2012

Confirmations & Pontifical Mass at San Jose, CA
Bishop Bernard Fellay administered the sacrament of Confirmation to a large group of confirmands on Saturday, January 21 at San Jose, CA, followed by a Pontifical Solemn Mass.. 1-26-2012

News from the Holy Land:
Hebrew-language Catholic catechism
...the initial parts of a Hebrew-language Catholic catechism have been printed for youth...

Dwindling numbers at Bethlehem Catholic University
...due to the Israeli West Bank wall, the number of staff and students is dwindling...... 2-1-2012

Eddystone youth join DC March for Life
On January 23, the parish youth group of St. Jude's Church in Eddystone, PA took a trip to Washington, DC to join the annual March for Life... 2-1-2012

A Possible Break in Abortion Stalemate: Beginning to See the Contradictions
...these fetal homicide laws which exist in almost 40 states are a contradiction themselves. Generally they declare the killing of a pre-born baby murder unless it is an abortion. If a robber shoots a pregnant woman during a burglary and kills the baby it is murder but if the mother hires a hit man doctor it is not... 1-31-2012

Genetic Engineering in 2011
...a Catholic molecular biologist summarizes some of the most horrifying “advances” in the domain of genetic engineering. To be informed is to understand how gross is the perversion of modern man’s viciously proud yearning to escape from the natural law, especially in that which concerns matrimony... 1-31-2012

The Angelus magazine: a new look for the January-February 2012 issue
This is our first issue of the completely redesigned, reformatted, and refocused version of The Angelus magazine. Drawing from a writers' pool consisting of the best Catholic thinkers and writers in the English-speaking world, each issue of the magazine now focuses on a specific theme... Now a full-color 88 pages, with 8 full pages of beautiful Catholic artwork and imagery...
 

Includes a photographic explanation of the new design concept  1-27-2012

Pastor's Corner: Should we fund Catholic schools?
This is the delicate question raised by Bishop Campbell of Lancaster, England, who is contemplating closing schools where the majority of pupils and teachers are not Catholic. These schools are Catholic in name only... 1-27-2012

Roe vs. Wade on verge of reversal?
It was recently reported that a horrific total of over 54 million innocent lives were aborted in America since this heinous crime of fetal murder was “legalized” 39 years ago by Roe vs. Wade. But also noted was some “good news”... 1-26-2012

Pastor's Corner: Libertas Ecclesiae versus Libertas Religionis
...The two distinct concepts of Libertas Ecclesiae (freedom of the Church) and Libertas Religionis (freedom of religion) have, in typical modernist fashion become blurred and conflated [since Vatican II]... 1-20-2012

Sorry, but I can’t buy your Girl Scout cookies!
As cute as the smiling faces are asking the familiar slogan: “Want to buy some Girl Scout cookies?” and as delectable are the baked goods, due to the present circumstances, some may feel compelled to boycott this once cherished part of Americana... 1-18-2012

The War of the Vendee: a unique, youthful American film
"This film features stunning performances by an exuberant cast of over 250 young people, and will inspire audiences of all ages with its timeless themes of courage, faith, and love..." 1-18-2012