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In this captivating interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a straightforward, incisive examination of controversies raging in the Church and the most pressing issues of our times, providing clarity and hope for weary 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 won’t, fearlessly following St. Paul’s 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 Christ’s 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.
Praise for Christus
Vincit
“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 SARAH
“No 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
BURKE
“St. Thérèse 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. Paul’s (Gal. 2:11–20). 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 HAHN
“A 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. He reminds
us that fidelity to Christ—the full embrace of His truth as taught by the
Catholic Church—is the purpose of our existence and the only source of our
salvation.”
— FR. GERALD E. MURRAY
Athanasius Schneider was born in 1961 in Kyrgyzstan to a German family and baptized with the name Antonius. In 1973 the family emigrated to Germany. He joined the Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross in Austria in 1982 and received the religious name Athanasius; he was ordained a priest in Brazil in 1990. Having earned a doctorate in Patrology at the Augustinianum in Rome, he has taught since 1999 at the seminary in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. In 2006 he was ordained bishop in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome and appointed titular bishop of Celerina and auxiliary bishop of Karaganda. From 2011 to the present he has been auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Chairman of the Liturgical Commission, and Secretary General of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Kazakhstan. Bishop Schneider is the author of two books on the Holy Eucharist: Dominus Est—It Is the Lord and Corpus Christi: Holy Communion and the Renewal of the Church.
Diane Montagna is an American journalist based in Rome.
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