Feeding the Lord's Flock - A Contemporary Understanding of Pascendi and the Errors of Modernism

Pascendi Dominci Gregis (Feeding the Lord's Flock) was endorsed by Dr. Alice von Hildebrand. This is what she had to say: "Homer is new and fresh this morning, while there is nothing perhaps as old and tired as today's newspaper." (Charles Peguy) I wish to apply these words to Pius X's magnificent Encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis. Written 102 years ago it is not only "New and Fresh," but gives us a message whose importance and urgency increased since it was written. We are very indebted to Mr. LeBlanc for having made it accessible to a large public. Papal Encyclicals are not always easy reading. While totally faithful to its message, he made it a must reading for every Catholic who realizes how his faith is threatened by the cancer of modernism "Tolle lege. (St. Augustine's Confession.VIII)