Editorial

Support the 2005 Fighting Fund!

Peter Westmore

Contents - Sep 2005 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Support the 2005 Fighting Fund! - Peter Westmore Events: Sydney to host World Youth Day 2008 - AD2000 REPORT News: The Chuch Around the World Canadian Bishops' cave-in to 'renegade Catholicism' under fire Priesthood: America's 'vocation rich' dioceses: latest success stories analysed - AD2000 Report Can reverence at Mass make a comeback? - Michael Ryan Interview: Benedict XVI and the power of the Eucharist - Fr John Corapi Education: Catholic schools of the future - Br John Moylan CFC Cinema: The Church under Nazism: a sensitive film portrayal in 'The Ninth Day' - Michael E. Daniel (reviewer) BOOKS: The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis - Thomas E. Woods Jr (reviewer) A religious response to evil ideologies - John Rego Letters: Liturgy - John Daly Letters: Liberal manifesto - Dr Peter Gilet Letters: Fatima and Benedict XVI - Paul MacLeod Letters: Society of St Pius X - Fr Kevin Robinson Events: C.S. Lewis Seminar - Sat 17 Sept 2005 2pm-9pm Letters: Ethical medicine? - Dr A.W. Hartwig Letters: Latin Mass - Richard Congram Letters: Simple Catechisms - Rosanna Sherman Letters: Gnosticism Letters: Good reading - E. Pickering Books: GOING AGAINST THE STREAM: Ethical Aspects of Ageing and Care, by Peter Jeffery - Kerrie Allen (reviewer) Books: THE ART OF GIVING by Francine Black - Kerrie Allen (reviewer) Books: THE PATH OF LIFE: Benedictine Spirituality for Monks and Lay People - Gabrielle Walsh (reviewer) Books: STAIRWAY TO THE UPPER ROOM: Daily Meditations on the Gospel Readings - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: The Holy Shroud, by Antonio Cassanelli - Gabrielle Walsh (reviewer) Books: More good reading from AD Books Reflection: Benedict XVI: how to make the new evangelisation more effective - Fr Dennis Byrnes PP

With this issue, we launch the 2005 Fighting Fund which helps ensure the continuation of the role which AD2000 plays in the battle for religious orthodoxy and for the future of Australian society.

Since AD2000 was established by Mr B.A. Santamaria in 1988, it has played a vital role in upholding the truths of the Faith, and supporting Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI in defending the Church from its opponents. Equally importantly, AD2000 highlights positive developments which give hope that the Church will meet the challenges of the contemporary world.

As Benedict XVI has pointed out repeatedly, the future of Western civilisation is threatened by the forces of individualism, materialism and secularism which are dissolving the bonds that hold society together, particularly marriage and the family, undermining legitimate authority in both Church and state, and causing the de-Christianisation of society.

It is no coincidence that these developments coincide with the emergence of globalism, which treats the human person not as the summit of all creation, but as a cog in a global economic machine. In the long run, this is a greater threat to Western civilisation than Islamic fundamentalism which, in some respects, is motivated by envy and resentment at the achievements of the Christian West.

Your support will help ensure that AD2000 continues its vital work. Donations can be sent to PO Box 186, North Melbourne, Vic 3051 or made online at ad2000.com.au/cgi-bin/support.pl. All donations will be gratefully acknowledged.

Peter Westmore is Publisher of AD2000.

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 18 No 8 (September 2005), p. 2