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Episcopal Consecrations: What Fr. Pagliarani Told the Members of the Society of Saint Pius XPreparing Hearts for the Episcopal ConsecrationsA Message to the Faithful and Friends of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius XDear faithful and friends,As we prepare for the episcopal consecrations, scheduled for 1 July in Écône, we wish, exceptionally, to make available to you an editorial that the Superior General addressed to the members of the Society on 7 March.This text does not revisit the question of the consecrations themselves, but is devoted to recalling the spirit in which they must be prepared for and lived: a...

Neither Schismatic Nor DisobedientFaced with the profusion of statements, articles and interviews which present the Society of Saint Pius X as responsible for a fracture within the Church, for a very serious disobedience towards the Holy Father, or even for a real schism, it seems appropriate to write a few lines in order to provide some clarification.Our method will always be the same, not impressions, nor "hearsay," nor the lucubrations of the occasional commentator, but Catholic theology, drawn from its sources: the constant Magisterium of the Church and the teaching of the great theologians and canonists.1. The Society of Saint...

We’ve all seen and heard the criticisms that President Donald Trump doesn’t behave in a Christian way.The fact is that he is behaving in a very Christian way.And I’m not just talking about the historic actions he has taken for religious freedom. Not only has he established an Office of Faith, to which I, with many other Christian pastors, have been invited to give input, but he has started a task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias. And it is no mere symbolic task force. It includes the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the FBI, and...

If we "cut and run" from Iraq, Republican senators argued recently, we will lose our credibility, dishonor the memory of those who have already died there, break our promise to the Iraqi people and settle for something less than victory. The United States does not quit that way. So Republicans will run in November against dishonor, flag burners, gay marriages, the New York Times, the Supreme Court and the Democrats who want to lose Iraq (just like they ran a half century ago against Democrats who "lost" China). Will it work? Sure it will. In fact, the United States did...

God, our Muslim brothers remind us, is the merciful and the compassionate. There- fore, we do not make moral judgments on morality of others. It is up to God to make such judgments. So the moral guilt of the American Marines who apparently murdered perhaps two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last November must be left to heaven. Yet, in the objective order these murders of men, women and children are a disgrace to the United States and to the Corps and to all the dead we honored last Monday. Their actions are likely to lead to the murder of...

Terri Schiavo had an 'extraordinary' reaction to a friends Sunday night visit, her parents spokesman claimed Monday morning.Friar Paul O'Donnell, spiritual advisor to Bob and Mary Schindler, said Schiavo recieved a visit from her father and a friend Sunday night.When her friend, identified as Sherry, recalled their days dancing and partying together, Schiavo 'raised her hands up and was moving and started making gutteral sounds like she does when she talks to her mother,' O'Donnell said.'Everone is willing to write this woman's obituary except one person and that is Terri Schiavo,' O'Donnell said. The courts have ruled that Schiavo did...