num_pages: 340
description: In this absorbing interview Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a candid incisive examination of controversies raging in the Church and the most pressing issues of our times providing clarity and hope for beleaguered Catholics. He addresses such topics as widespread doctrinal confusion the limits of papal authority the documents of Vatican II the Society of St. Pius X anti-Christian ideologies and political threats the third secret of Fatima the traditional Roman rite and the Amazon Synod among many others. Like his fourth-century patron St. Athanasius the Great Bishop Schneider says things that others wont fearlessly following St. Pauls advice: Preach the word be urgent in season and out of season convince rebuke and exhort be unfailing in patience and in teaching (2 Tim 4:2). His insights into the challenges facing Christs flock today are essential reading for those who are or wish to be alert to the signs of the times. Reminiscent of The Ratzinger Report of 1985 Christus Vincit will be a key point of reference for years to come.At this critical moment in the life of the Church we must reflect carefully on all that confronts us and discern what is true good and beautiful from what is evil. We cannot but be grateful to a faithful apostle such as Bishop Athanasius Schneider for his clear and courageous analysis of the state of the Church in our day. May this book assist all who read it in living their particular vocation with greater fidelity and zeal for the glory of Almighty God and the salvation of souls.ROBERT CARDINAL SARAHNo other bishop in recent memory has so tirelessly given of himself in the service of the truths of the Catholic Faith. In this wide-ranging interview Bishop Schneider through the account of his life and ministry and through his responses to the crucial questions of the day gives powerful witness to his profound love of Our Lord and of His Mystical Body the Church. This book will be of great help to the faithful and to all people of good will in navigating the grave confusion division and error prevalent in our times. It reveals the heart of a true shepherd of souls after the Heart of Christ the Good Shepherd.RAYMOND LEO CARDINAL BURKESt. Thrse of the Child Jesus (the Little Flower) said that humility is courage for the truth and courage to serve. Bishop Schneider is a humble and heroic witness to the truth and a courageous servant. His love for Christ and the Church is strong and deep and heartfelt like St. Pauls (Gal. 2:1120). To the various questions regarding the crises we face (relativism secularism modernism indifferentism) he responds as a faithful pastor and a perspicacious theologian. I found myself inspired and challenged.SCOTT HAHNA product of the persecuted Church in the Soviet Union Bishop Athanasius Schneider powerfully appeals in this interview for a return to the classical doctrine worship and devotion of the Roman Church. Not all readers will agree with everything in his analyses but they will find it difficult to dissent from his fundamental perception: the Church requires a radical re-supernaturalization that will save it from internal secularization free it from the domination of all-too-human agendas and inspire it with new ardor for its divinizing mission.FR. AIDAN NICHOLS O.P.Reading this wide-ranging interview with one of the most outstanding bishops in the Church today is an experience of profound joy and gratitude. Bishop Schneider explains and defends Catholic truth with deep insight and total conviction.
language: English
title: Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age
publisher: Angelico Press