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The SSPX is Not the Problem
20+ hour, 30+ min ago (295+ words) The problem is that the Catholic Church has been attempting to modernize itself over the past six decades plus in order to accommodate itself to modern society. I do not agree with everything their leaders have to say on things…...
Is the Church Roman?
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1007+ words) Is the Church Roman?Crisis Magazine Is the Church Roman? I can understand why one might want to associate the Church with the glories of the Roman Empire, but such associations, though they may be historically important, are not essential…...
The SSPX, the Truth, and Charity
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1279+ words) What one thinks about the SSPX, in a sense, is in the eye of the beholder. In 2023, I published a book defending the SSPX called SSPX: The Defence. Yes, Defence with a "C" because I naturally write in the King's…...
An Open Letter to US Dioceses
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (990+ words) From misuse to abuse, the time of blind giving to a bishop's Annual Appeal is over. The Annual Appeal was launched in our diocese this weekend, as it has been or will be in many other dioceses, with a sound-tracked…...
A System Perfectly Designed to Produce a Priestly Crisis
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (838+ words) The alarming crisis in the priesthood is less a reflection upon individual priests, and much more a condemnation of the redesigned formation of priests following Vatican II. The priesthood is in a state of crisis." That's not a criticism of anyone....
Pope Leo XIV—Eight Months On
2+ week, 1+ day ago (972+ words) "Who do people say that he is," remains an open question being asked about Pope Leo XIV, but we do have a list of what he has done, and not done, so far. On May 8, 2025, Leo XIV was elected pope…...
Is a Leonine Unity Even Possible?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (284+ words) Pope Leo is earnest about working for unity within the Church. But can he achieve it by simply dialoguing with all sides? It's been a little more than eight months since Cardinal Robert Prevost was elevated to Supreme Pontiff of…...
When Does the Orate Fratres Go Away?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (342+ words) The distinct nature of the priesthood derived from Holy Orders is baked into the language of the "Orate Fratres." Flattening the ordained priesthood into "the common priesthood of the faithful," only distorts both. Stuffed in between the Offertory and the…...
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Is Catechesis
3+ week, 2+ day ago (387+ words) All the quasi-theological platitudes given for the suppression of traditional liturgy ignore the real harm done to the faith of children when you surround them with unserious liturgy. Teaching is a difficult and generally thankless job. Yet, our society could…...
Did It Happen or Not?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (411+ words) The reality of Emmanuel, God with us, demands a response from both those who believe and those who don't. And yet, not everyone, it seems, requires proof for the things they believe. Marcel Proust, for example, assures us in'Swann's Way'that…...