Crisis Magazine

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A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity

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Are you a faithful Catholic looking for a voice that represents your beliefs and values? Look no further than Crisis Magazine, a Telegram channel dedicated to providing a platform for the faithful Catholic laity. With the username @crisismagazine, this channel serves as a hub for discussions, news, and articles that resonate with those who adhere to the Catholic faith

Crisis Magazine is not just a platform for sharing information, but it is also a community where like-minded individuals can come together to support each other and engage in meaningful conversations. Whether you are looking for guidance on current issues affecting the Catholic community or simply want to connect with others who share your beliefs, Crisis Magazine is the place to be

The channel's description, 'A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity,' perfectly captures its mission and purpose. It aims to be a voice that speaks up for the values and principles cherished by the Catholic laity, offering a platform for them to express themselves and engage in dialogue with others

Through thought-provoking articles, insightful discussions, and a welcoming community, Crisis Magazine strives to empower the faithful Catholic laity and provide them with the resources they need to navigate the complexities of the modern world while staying true to their beliefs. Join @crisismagazine today and be a part of a community that supports and uplifts each other in faith.

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24 Jan, 12:40

Trump is back and he’s got an edge to him. Things are not going to be the same as his first term.
https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/the-greatest-first-week-in-presidential-history

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24 Jan, 12:35

https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/the-greatest-first-week-in-presidential-history

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24 Jan, 10:15

Just as the Catholic Faith has been reduced to little more than an intellectual philosophy of life for the clergy—all head and no heart—the same happened to the laity, who depend on them for their spirituality.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/time-to-return-to-the-prayer-of-our-fathers

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24 Jan, 10:05

I want Trump to be crowned as king, and I don’t care who knows it. I don’t want him to be king because I think he is perfect; I want him to be crowned so we can stop pretending that he isn’t a king while he governs like one…
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/can-we-finally-go-back-to-having-kings

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23 Jan, 10:15

The real division in political as in cultural and religious life is between those who accept that Christ is King over all nations and all men and those who do not.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-truth-that-dare-not-speak-its-name

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23 Jan, 10:05

The questions that AI raises about reality could end up justifying the claims of Christianity in the eyes of many.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/could-ai-spur-a-resurgence-of-faith

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22 Jan, 10:15

As much as conservatives may enjoy common cause with prominent anti-woke secularists, we must remember the limits of making political alliances with those subscribing to worldviews antithetical to the Faith.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-limits-of-our-anti-woke-allies

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22 Jan, 10:05

We all know that the music at the typical Catholic Mass is often cheesy and inappropriate. But what can we do about it?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/how-to-save-the-music-at-mass

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21 Jan, 21:15

Now that Donald Trump is back in the White House, how will the Catholic bishops react to his presidency? We’ll also talk about the Inauguration and Trump’s first day back on the job.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/trump-the-catholic-bishops

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21 Jan, 10:15

Some well-meaning Catholics are prone to advocate unapproved additions to the Deposit of Faith in response to attacks on that Deposit.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/manipulating-the-deposit-of-faith

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21 Jan, 10:05

How can we live in such a way that overcomes the fakeness of everything around us?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/reality-is-waiting-un-fake-your-life-this-year

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20 Jan, 10:15

Mel Gibson possesses a fear of the Lord combined with a reverence and long-held respect for the old and authentic traditions of the Catholic Church, which doesn’t necessarily reflect in his behavior and daily living.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/mel-gibson-old-school-sinner

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20 Jan, 10:05

One wonders why it is so difficult for the Church to issue easily comprehensible documents.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/reading-tea-leaves-and-church-documents

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18 Jan, 10:05

What was it about the temptation to Manichaeism, the allure it offered a young man like Augustine, that proved so powerful, so seductive that it nearly did him in?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-allure-of-manichaeism

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17 Jan, 10:15

What Reagan chose for his hymn at his National Cathedral funeral ceremony is quite the opposite of Carter. It’s inspiring, even if somewhat of a mystery for the Protestant president.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/give-me-reagans-ave-maria-over-jimmy-carters-imagine

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17 Jan, 10:05

Being gay is tragic, but it is also comical, and a healthier perspective toward homosexuality sometimes is to laugh at it.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/gay-as-an-object-of-mirth

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16 Jan, 21:10

Our guest was a Protestant pastor and is now a Catholic helping others discover the riches of the Catholic Faith. We’ll talk about what brought him to Rome.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/the-new-wave-of-protestant-converts-to-catholicism

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16 Jan, 10:15

We all desire for a renewal of the Catholic Faith and a steadfast practice of it by people in our communities, cities, country, and world. But are we ready for a renewal or revival?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/is-the-church-really-ready-for-revival

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16 Jan, 10:05

The Secular Left continues to co-opt traditional ceremonies. First it was same-sex “weddings.” Now it’s “funerals” for those about to commit suicide.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/celebrating-death

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15 Jan, 10:15

In the spirit of “openness,” the Italian Bishops’ Conference recently approved, with the apparent blessing of the Roman authorities, new guidelines that stipulate that an applicant for the seminary cannot be rejected simply because he identifies as a homosexual.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-scandal-of-openness

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13 Jan, 10:15

The Muslim rape gangs in the United Kingdom are acts of a religious war against a people whom the perpetrators consider to be conquered.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/muslim-rape-gangs-as-religious-warfare

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13 Jan, 10:05

Nosferatu is a hauntingly beautiful film about horrifically ugly things and, in so doing, makes a compelling case to retain a spiritual center in a world where the spiritual has been relegated to a place of unimportance.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/nosferatu-old-world-devils-and-new-world-victims

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11 Jan, 10:05

Let us look at some holy women of the early centuries of the Church who are not well known.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/unsung-heroines-of-the-early-church

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10 Jan, 13:50

Why would a large traditional Catholic American family decide to move to Russia? We’ll find out on today’s podcast.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/an-american-catholic-family-moves-to-russia-guest-jozef-schutzman

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10 Jan, 10:15

It’s unlikely that the Donald is serious about making Canada a new state, but for the sake of it, let’s consider what that would mean and what it would take to make it a reality.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/trumps-push-for-canmerica-is-this-for-real

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10 Jan, 10:05

The newly appointed archbishop of Washington, D.C. sadly shares the assumption prevalent among liberal theological and exegetes, that the Scripture contains, as Hans Kung put it, a lot of “trash.”
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/see-no-evil-2

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09 Jan, 10:15

The Church, at least in its administrative aspect, is a patronage system, and the purpose of ecclesiastical appointments is to create powerful patrons who protect and promote clients.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-system-is-what-it-does-on-cardinal-mcelroys-appointment

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09 Jan, 10:05

Scholars like Elaine Pagels have been lying for years about Christianity, but in spite of that fact (or perhaps because of it), they are lionized by the media as experts.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/telling-lies-and-getting-away-with-it

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08 Jan, 10:15

Enemies of the Latin Mass condemn it as fascist and oppressive, yet the same man who took a stand against Nazism when it was actually dangerous to do so would later take his stand against the freewheeling liturgical “reforms.”
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/dietrich-von-hildebrand-and-the-latin-mass

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08 Jan, 10:05

Today’s FBI and its masters in the Department of Justice are increasingly seen as disloyal, cowardly, immoral, and not deserving of the public’s trust.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-fbi-secularism-service-and-security

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07 Jan, 20:45

Liberal Cardinal McElroy of San Diego is named Archbishop of Washington, DC, continuing the pattern of terrible bishops in the nation’s capital this century. But good news on other fronts, as Trump’s election is certified, Trudeau resigns, and Meta is dismantling their censorship regime.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/mcelroy-follows-in-mccarricks-footsteps

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07 Jan, 10:15

As I watch my son fall asleep just miles from the New Orleans attack, I can’t help but contemplate the end of all things.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/nails-and-other-instruments-of-death

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07 Jan, 10:05

“Don’t believe everything you see or read” isn’t a new or surprising proposition for those of us trying to stay awake if not woke. But now “don’t believe everything” is turning into “don’t believe anything.”
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/living-in-a-fake-world-a-new-years-recognition

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06 Jan, 13:25

Cardinal Robert McElroy’s appointment as Archbishop of Washington, DC does more to diminish that archdiocese than to elevate McElroy.
https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/the-dimishment-of-the-dc-archdiocese-continues-apace

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06 Jan, 10:15

The Left has relentlessly repeated that January 6, 2021 was an insurrection by the Right. An insurrection did begin that day, but it was the Left who engineered it.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/yes-january-6th-was-an-insurrection

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06 Jan, 10:05

Expecting to make America great without strong families is like racing your 800-horsepower Ferrari 812 Superfast in reverse.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/maga-whats-missing

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04 Jan, 10:05

What will God, whose chief instrument is often irony, choose as His weapon to pull Augustine back from the brink? A book by Cicero.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/cicero-and-augustine

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03 Jan, 10:15

While our local diocese is full of horrible-looking churches, it is also full of faithful priests.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/ugly-buildings-beautiful-priests

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03 Jan, 10:05

Immigration reform is a complicated business, often related to the inherent contradictions in our economic system. There are many unemployed, but there are also surpluses of jobs that are not filled.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/billionaires-and-visas

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02 Jan, 20:50

Will we get a new pope? How will President Trump do in his 2nd term? Will the Catholic Church grow or shrink this year? Will this be the Year of the Catholic?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/predictions-for-2025

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02 Jan, 10:15

Layer upon layer of Eucharistic practice was constructed over the millennia as protection against the slightest attenuation of Catholic doctrine regarding the Eucharist. For over sixty years, it has been breached.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/chicago-where-eucharistic-revival-goes-to-die

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02 Jan, 10:05

When the spiritual bricks are firm in their foundation, and you are in a state of grace, could there be natural steps you can take to bring yourself back from the proverbial dead and reclaim your raison d’être?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/how-to-raise-the-dead

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01 Jan, 10:05

The Church specifically places the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on the first day of the calendar year for a reason: our entire year should be given to the Blessed Mother.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/give-your-year-to-our-lady

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31 Dec, 10:15

This month Congress passed a resolution to change the religious perspective of the American people as well as practically attempting the forced conversion of Catholics to Zionism.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/congress-coerces-conversion-from-catholicism

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31 Dec, 10:05

Jimmy Carter’s legacy is one of dignity and courtesy; a sign that there is something good in the heart of America. Though it is also telling that such a man of virtue made for a poor president.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/rip-jimmy-carter-a-decent-democrat-dies

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30 Dec, 10:15

Vivek Ramaswamy is right that culture matters when it comes to immigration policies. But it matters far more than he thinks it does.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/immigration-and-culture

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30 Dec, 10:05

The grace of God does not bypass nature, any more than God’s divinity shows the least disdain for our humanity by becoming one of us.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/infant-baptism-do-we-really-need-it

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28 Dec, 10:05

Malachy G. Carroll might have had only one novel in him, and he might have only one novel to his largely unknown name, but it’s a minor classic that every Catholic should read.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-stranger-to-fame

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27 Dec, 20:45

As we look back at 2024, we can see signs of hope for the future. Dire predictions of what would happen didn’t come to fruition and there’s evidence of an awakening among many.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/2024-the-year-things-began-to-turn-around

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27 Dec, 10:15

Kneeling is good for the soul. It lifts you up by making you, in stature, no more than a child.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/tradition-and-treachery

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27 Dec, 10:05

Assisted suicide is legalized in Britain, and we can’t pretend there wouldn’t be support for it in other Western countries, including the United States.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-culture-of-death-wins-in-britain

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26 Dec, 10:15

We would faint in horror if we saw the enormity of what we avoided by this last election. The whole world might have been different.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/what-might-have-been-3

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26 Dec, 10:05

Christmas is a time for stories like no other time—a time for fantasies, memories, and mysteries. Here are twelve tales to tell over the twelve days of Christmas.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/twelve-tales-for-twelve-days

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24 Dec, 10:15

If God’s Son was truly to be made a genuine human being, made of flesh and blood, then of course He must have a genuine human mother of flesh and blood too.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/conceived-in-heaven-born-in-bethlehem-a-jubilee-year-awaits

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24 Dec, 10:05

Taking time to consider what it would have been like to be in Bethlehem on that holy night can radically influence our vision for the celebration of Christmas.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-face-to-face-nature-of-christmas

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23 Dec, 19:35

Remember the Good News as we read about the bad news each day.
https://crisismagazine.com/editors-desk/we-win-in-the-end

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23 Dec, 10:15

It would be tragic for Catholics to try to convince the world of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist with unsubstantiated scientific claims about bleeding hosts and divine DNA.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/exaggerations-and-eucharistic-miracles

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23 Dec, 10:05

What is the great story and season of Christmas if not a tale and time of transformation?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-fly-fishermans-carol

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21 Dec, 10:05

Augustine, of course, was not the first to chart the cycle of lust, as anyone for whom the body/soul connection remains a work in progress well knows.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/struggling-with-sin

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20 Dec, 13:50

Young Adult Catholics face a lot of challenges today practicing their faith, from dating to college to career and more. We’ll talk to a Catholic of this generation to see how they navigate today’s world.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/gen-z-catholicism-guest-peter-sammons

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20 Dec, 10:15

Does the Novus Ordo Mass by its nature alter the nature of the priest from one who performs a sacrifice to one who is in charge of a ceremony?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/deforming-the-clergy

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20 Dec, 10:05

While we can ignore many aspects of the Left, we can’t overlook the Sexual Revolution that has poisoned all aspects of American life, both Left and Right.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/bari-weiss-the-it-lesbian-of-the-american-right

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19 Dec, 10:15

Trump’s election is a reaffirmation of the basically liberal character of United States; it was moderate liberals forced right by the far left wing of the Democratic Party that carried him to his win.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/reports-of-liberalisms-demise-are-greatly-exaggerated

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19 Dec, 10:05

Did Jesus of Nazareth claim to be God? Many modern scholars say no, but there is a strong academic case to be made that that answer is a resounding “yes.”
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-academic-case-for-the-divinity-of-christ

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18 Dec, 10:15

To argue that one cannot become Catholic because Pope Francis may share certain traits in common with liberal Protestants is to engage in a form of individualistic consumerism.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-i-am-not-protestant

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18 Dec, 10:05

The Holy House of Loreto is precisely the place where it all began—namely, the Incarnation of God Himself.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-house-where-it-all-began

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17 Dec, 19:55

Eric Sammons addresses the latest news in the Catholic Church and in politics, including Cardinal Cupich discouraging kneeling, drones flying over New Jersey, speculations about the next pope, and much more.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/cardinal-cupich-no-kneeling-for-you

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17 Dec, 10:15

It is important to remind the faithful of their canonical right to receive Holy Communion while kneeling, regardless of the form of the Sacred Liturgy that they attend.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/is-kneeling-for-communion-a-disruption

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17 Dec, 10:05

The latest official Church recognition of a miracle cure from Lourdes reminds us that there are still certain ailments left in life that no ordinary doctor can treat.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/medical-miracles-religious-and-secular

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16 Dec, 10:15

What does it say of our society, including conservatives, that we praise a woman skipping maternity leave to go back to work and partially abandon her infant child?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-right-is-falling-for-the-lie-that-you-can-have-it-all-at-the-same-time

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16 Dec, 10:05

Far from being a Protestant activity, Catholics should study the Bible. Fortunately there are tools to help us in this undertaking.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/take-and-study

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14 Dec, 10:05

The Church cannot continue to transform and humanize the world if she dispenses with the beauty of the liturgy.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/restoring-the-beauty-of-the-liturgy

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13 Dec, 13:50

What is our place in the universe? Was planet earth created specifically for intelligent human life, or are we a cosmic accident? Today we’ll discover why earth is truly a “privileged planet.”
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/our-planet-an-accident-or-purposeful-design-guest-jay-richards

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05 Dec, 10:15

The Mary presented in the Netflix film is not the Mary I have studied and written about over the years as a Marian theologian.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-unrecognizable-netflix-mary

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05 Dec, 10:05

Catholics for Choice is promoting the antithesis of Our Lady, the attitude of “I will not serve” the “non servium” of Satan.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/marys-fiat-the-choice-of-true-freedom

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04 Dec, 10:15

I believe RFK Jr. is the ideal candidate to bring about much-needed reform within the American healthcare system.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/is-rfks-nomination-to-hhs-an-answer-to-prayer

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04 Dec, 10:05

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be the most pro-abortion Republican appointed secretary of HHS in modern history.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/rfk-is-the-wrong-choice-for-hhs

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03 Dec, 20:00

Eric Sammons addresses the latest news in the Catholic Church and in politics, including the need to protect the reputation of accused priests, the diminishing returns of criticizing Pope Francis, President Biden pardoning his son, and much more.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/protecting-an-accused-priests-reputation-criticizing-pope-francis-and-biden-pardons-hunter

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03 Dec, 10:15

Martin Scorsese’s “The Saints” is an uneven treatment of great Saints, alternating from spiritually edifying to factually inaccurate and even disrespectful.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/scorseses-the-saints-some-go-marching-in-while-others-march-off

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03 Dec, 10:05

The “insurrection” narrative has enjoyed unchallenged dominance for so long, the reckoning will take time. Let us finally begin to hear the truth about that fateful day.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/can-we-talk-about-j6

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02 Dec, 10:15

Today’s “new spirituality,” often found within the Church, is an ugly caricature of the millennial truths of union with God set forth by the Church, her saints, and her Doctors.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/catholicisms-ghost

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02 Dec, 10:05

A key goal of gay Republicans and its allies had been the abrogation of the Republican Party’s anti-gay-marriage position. They succeeded.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/trumps-choice-for-treasury-secretary-a-huge-win-for-lgbtq

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30 Nov, 10:05

Dom Prosper Guéranger’s tireless promotion of Gregorian chant bore great cultural fruit and helped with the Catholic revival in France.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-death-and-resurrection-of-tradition

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29 Nov, 10:05

If prayer is the language of hope, the very ground and grammar of holy desire, and if the Our Father represents the greatest possible expression of that hope, why would Christ need to give voice to it himself?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/does-god-hope

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28 Nov, 10:05

Incapable as we are of paying our debts to God according to justice, we should at least try to supply for them by our gratitude.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/give-thanks

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27 Nov, 10:15

Thanksgiving is for coming together in simple gratitude—especially after a contentious election season.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/be-patriotic-this-thanksgiving

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27 Nov, 10:05

How healthy, spiritually speaking, is watching so much movie violence for the soul of a person?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/numbed-to-violence

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26 Nov, 10:15

A diverse coalition is concerned with our demographic decline, but we need to be careful not to choose solutions that create worse problems.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/real-population-growth-means-strong-faith-filled-families

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26 Nov, 10:05

AI’s role in the choir loft should never replace the real men and women who sing “unto the Lord a new song” and tell “of his salvation from day to day.”
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/keep-ai-out-of-the-choir-loft

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25 Nov, 10:15

The Deep State is trying to start a world war—and they might get what they want. But if they fail, the public mandate for peace under President Trump will become even greater.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-deep-state-is-trying-to-start-wwiii

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25 Nov, 10:05

There are parallels and differences between America and Europe—and overall is the mutually shared situation in the Catholic Church, which affects and is affected by the political scene on both continents.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/america-and-europe-where-are-they-bound

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23 Nov, 10:05

When it comes to our role in salvation, St. Augustine sits squarely between the heretical extremes of Luther and Pelagius.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/between-luther-and-pelagius

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22 Nov, 13:50

Bitcoin’s price is rising again and now there’s talk the United States might set up a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Should Catholics embrace Bitcoin or hold it in suspicion?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/why-catholics-should-embrace-bitcoin-guest-devin-rose

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22 Nov, 10:15

The reaction to the Deus Vult tattoo is part of an insidious attempt to portray legitimate goods, and even integral elements of our Faith, as unacceptable for polite company or participation in public life.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/deus-vult-part-of-our-christian-heritage

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22 Nov, 10:05

After his victory, Donald Trump is becoming a pop-culture phenomenon and support for him is becoming more public each day.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/donald-trumps-election-and-the-shift-toward-sanity

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21 Nov, 10:15

The law of God commands us to perform corporal works of mercy but also to obey the just laws of our land. And there is nothing unjust in having laws that govern the process of immigration—and Catholics should stand by those laws with confidence.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/prepare-for-deportation

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21 Nov, 10:05

A nation unwilling to augment its own population with generous allotments of children will not survive. Nor does it deserve to.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/can-we-have-more-children-please

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20 Nov, 10:15

Normal political dissent does not take the form of people bellowing like gored oxen on TikTok before an anonymous world as they shave their heads.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/whats-behind-the-post-election-liberal-meltdown

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20 Nov, 10:05

Transhumanism is a phenomenon that cannot be reduced to a science or an ideology or a philosophy or a secular religion. It is the spirit that pervades our time and that spirit is anti-Christian.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-original-sin-of-transhumanism-the-desire-to-be-like-god

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19 Nov, 19:50

Eric Sammons addresses the latest news in the Catholic Church and in politics, including Bishop Strickland confronting his fellow bishops; RFK being named to run HHS; the Mayan Rite being granted Vatican approval, and much more.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/church-state-strickland-confronts-usccb-rfk-to-head-hhs-and-mayan-rite-approved

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19 Nov, 10:15

Pope John XXIII’s decision to ignore the message of the third Fatima secret and instead call an ecumenical council has had dire consequences.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/from-doomsday-1959-to-dire-straits-2024

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19 Nov, 10:05

The truth is, you are not the same without the Internet. Rather than it being unsafe to go phoneless, the last few years have seen an exponential growth of data regarding the dangers of technology use.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/pushing-buttons-off-and-otherwise

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18 Nov, 10:15

Why am I joyful about the results of November 5? Because I am free to live as a Catholic for another day (or four years). I am free to speak against evil and darkness, now and into the foreseeable future.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/free-to-speak-another-day-or-four-years

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Crisis Magazine

18 Nov, 10:05

The coming Trump administration will be much less likely to discriminate against Christians, but we cannot know our future rulers’ eventual intentions. Now is the time to focus on religious liberty protections in our states.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/now-is-the-time-to-focus-on-religious-liberty-in-your-state

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16 Nov, 10:05

Pioneering priests such as Frs. Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf are unsung heroes of Christendom, but deserve to be recognized.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/o-pioneers

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15 Nov, 10:15

As U.S. bishops gathered at their annual meeting, Bishop Strickland stood outside and decided to pick a fight; he confronted the expanding Babylon.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-prophet-among-bishops

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15 Nov, 10:05

The numbers from the 2020 election, especially compared to other recent elections, just don’t add up; or rather, they add up to too much.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/2024-proves-2020-was-stolen

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14 Nov, 19:25

Now that Donald Trump has been elected, what can Catholics expect from his second term?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/what-will-the-second-trump-term-bring-guest-sarah-cain

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14 Nov, 10:15

Lawmakers should repay the Amish for serving our country by exempting them from selective service.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/exempt-the-amish

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14 Nov, 10:05

When I think of my own childhood and youth, it occurs to me that my happiest hours were rarely spent indoors, certainly not in school, nor at home in front of the television.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/childhood-be-damned

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13 Nov, 10:15

Where Christ once declared victory in the red blood of His Cross, the Synodalists bleat in the pastels of accommodation.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/synodal-fallout-putting-light-under-bushel-baskets

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13 Nov, 10:05

The open lesion that can’t heal is the realization that our shepherds despise or entirely disregard us. Will any of them break out of lockstep in Baltimore this week?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/who-will-safeguard-the-sheep

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12 Nov, 20:00

Donald Trump won in part because he built a coalition of eclectic personalities such as RFK, Jr., Elon Musk, and Tulsi Gabbard. From a Catholic perspective, what are their strengths and weakness?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/analyzing-the-trump-team

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12 Nov, 10:15

The latest installment of episcopal follies just exploded over this year’s status of Immaculate Conception. Is it a Holy Day of Obligation or not? It depends.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/toying-with-the-holydays

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12 Nov, 10:05

Traditional Catholics must be on guard against feelings of superiority in relation to other Catholics.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/avoiding-elitism

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11 Nov, 10:15

I am happy, deliriously so, and grateful. I am floating in a sea of gratitude and amazement over the Trump victory.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/dancing-in-the-streets

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11 Nov, 10:05

Should Catholics look to Old Testament accounts of Joshua wiping out Israel’s enemies as justification for modern Israel’s actions?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-revival-of-holy-war

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09 Nov, 10:15

A new catechism tool could help even Vatican officials better understand the Catholic Faith.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/twitterpope-vs-master-catechism

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Crisis Magazine

09 Nov, 10:05

Above all, St. Augustine wished to remain faithful to the grace of an encounter that had upended his life.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/rooted-in-christ

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Crisis Magazine

08 Nov, 13:50

Missionary work seems to have disappeared in the Catholic Church over the last 50 years. We’ll talk with someone helping to bring it back.
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/does-the-catholic-church-still-send-missionaries-guest-saul-keeton

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Crisis Magazine

08 Nov, 10:15

Even with a clean sweep of the White House, including both Houses of Congress and a Supreme Court firmly committed to the rule of law, will a Trump victory make any real difference in the end if the Democrats refuse to go along with the results?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-left-will-not-go-quietly

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Crisis Magazine

08 Nov, 10:05

Surprisingly, the UN Human Rights Committee urged Belgium to make sure parents getting prenatal screening also receive information and counseling that does not promote stereotypes about persons with Down syndrome.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/un-human-rights-committee-criticizes-down-syndrome-abortions-sort-of

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Crisis Magazine

07 Nov, 10:15

The contrived “shocker” ending of “Conclave” hearkens back to the legend of Pope Joan, which has always been a favorite of the disaffected and rabidly anti-Catholic Protestants.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/pope-joan-smear-returns-with-a-vengeance-conclaves-hermaphroditic-pope

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Crisis Magazine

07 Nov, 10:05

We are not simply minds that happen to have bodies; we are integrated beings. Technologies like Neuralink, which aim to fuse the human brain with AI, could radically alter this conception of the human person.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-catholic-response-to-neuralink

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Crisis Magazine

02 Nov, 09:15

Why should one of the most famous people in history be featured as one of the unsung heroes of Christendom? Perhaps because most people do not perceive Shakespeare as a hero of Christendom.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-unsung-shakespeare

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02 Nov, 09:05

It remains one of the enduring consolations of my life that, joined as I am to Christ’s Body, the Church, I may at any time interact with the dead, with those cherished and faithful souls who have gone home before me to God.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/remembering-the-dead-2

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01 Nov, 12:50

The final session of the years-long Synod on Synodality just ended; what did it ultimately accomplish?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/did-the-synod-on-synodality-fizzle-out-guest-timothy-flanders

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01 Nov, 09:15

Big Food is joined at the hip with Big Pharma. They have set up a system where one makes us sick, and the other makes us medicated patients for life.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/will-trump-save-us-from-big-food

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01 Nov, 09:05

The so-called wars of religion were usually about conversion, not extermination. Conversion is certainly not a goal evident in the present Middle East conflict.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/is-the-conflict-in-the-middle-east-an-absolute-war

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31 Oct, 09:15

The Left will be utterly unhinged if Trump wins the election, which could lead to a decidedly unpeaceful transfer of power.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-dangers-of-a-trump-victory

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Crisis Magazine

31 Oct, 09:05

Catholic tradition has a solution to the anxiety we face in our stressful lives: the Holy Hour.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/an-hour-a-day-keeps-the-anxiety-away

250

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30 Oct, 09:15

No Catholic is permitted to surrender the duty of his citizenship to a sullen despair, exaggerated analyses of decline, idiosyncratic critiques of democracy, or a cynical secession from his duties.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/render-unto-caesar-to-vote-or-not-to-vote

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30 Oct, 09:05

The world we live in, our experience of goodness and light and relative plenty, will likely be upended for a time. Pray that God makes champions of us.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/living-on-borrowed-time

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29 Oct, 19:20

Due to historic anti-semitism, many Catholics in response have embraced Zionism. However, in recent years, due to the dominant Zionism, some Catholics have creeped toward anti-semitism. How should a Catholic navigate these tricky waters?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/navigating-between-zionism-and-anti-semitism

291

Crisis Magazine

29 Oct, 09:15

In an effort to combat the lies of the Left, some conservatives are falling for alternative historical lies.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/two-lies-dont-equal-the-truth

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29 Oct, 09:05

https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/this-just-in-sacrilege-at-the-opera-and-metaphysical-denial-in-politics

316

Crisis Magazine

28 Oct, 09:15

Too many conservatives refuse to criticize the state of Israel, letting the blood of Palestinian children protect them from being cancelled.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-new-passover-of-the-judeo-christian-west

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28 Oct, 09:05

Two recurring motifs of the presidential campaign dominate: the lying and the assumption that hardly anyone can doubt the social utility of killing babies in the womb.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/politics-and-truth-america-is-at-war-with-babies

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Crisis Magazine

26 Oct, 09:05

The first half of Augustine’s life was spent amid the remnants of a Greek and Roman world; the latter half was spent in the company of provincial Africans, to whom he would unravel the mysteries of a shared faith.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/st-augustines-destiny

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25 Oct, 12:50

The Habsburg Family is one of the most famous families in the world, and one of the most influential in history. But what can the example of this family teach average people about family life?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/from-the-habsburg-family-to-your-family-how-to-build-a-wholesome-family-guest-eduard-habsburg

432

Crisis Magazine

25 Oct, 09:15

We are on the brink of the 2024 presidential election—which, perhaps more than ever, has us on the brink of preserving this wonderful nation or losing it.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/on-the-brink

432

Crisis Magazine

25 Oct, 09:05

Sadly, I believe that Catholic apologetics and debate have been greatly degraded, at least in the popular culture, with the meteoric rise of social media influence.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-crisis-facing-catholic-apologetics

395

Crisis Magazine

24 Oct, 09:15

Don’t be fooled. Just because hot-button issues are not on the Synod’s agenda, it doesn’t mean that the revolution is not in full swing.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-jacobin-synodality

420

Crisis Magazine

24 Oct, 09:05

Modern Catholics expressing sympathy for Nazism and its treatment of the Jews are condemned by the words of Pope Pius XI and the actions of Germans Catholics of that era.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/nazis-make-bad-catholics

393

Crisis Magazine

23 Oct, 09:15

Incessant gaslighting by the Left has led many former Trump opponents to now support the former President for re-election.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/lies-lies-and-damned-lies

324

Crisis Magazine

23 Oct, 09:05

The young will always require correction. But in a culture that celebrates and perpetuates eternal childhood, who is left to make such corrections?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/where-are-the-grown-ups

326

Crisis Magazine

22 Oct, 19:05

Pope John Paul II is the most dominant figure of the post-Vatican II Catholic Church, shaping the Church in ways positive and negative. What is the overall legacy of this celebrated pope?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/the-legacy-of-pope-john-paul-ii

333

Crisis Magazine

22 Oct, 09:15

I’ve been told by several Protestants over the last decade that Francis is the single greatest obstacle to their conversion. How should I respond?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/answering-protestant-objections-to-pope-francis

344

Crisis Magazine

22 Oct, 09:05

The Synod on Synodality largely consists of men and women unable to look beyond their own noses but able to look down their noses at everyone else.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/solipsism-and-the-synod

343

Crisis Magazine

21 Oct, 11:40

Why ought we, a democratic and politically enlightened people, foster devotion to a hereditary monarch whose virtues, if any, belonged to a world long since past?
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/an-emperor-for-the-modern-world

381

Crisis Magazine

21 Oct, 11:37

The result of Catholics' failure to bring our country to Christ has been the succession of several more or less corrupt rulerships, and the frequent use of our country’s undeniable strengths for evil. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/american-elegy

393

Crisis Magazine

21 Oct, 11:37

Why ought we, a democratic and politically enlightened people, foster devotion to a hereditary monarch whose virtues, if any, belonged to a world long since past? https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/an-emperor-for-the-modern-world

377

Crisis Magazine

10 Oct, 11:01

With insecure borders, our sovereignty disappears. Our America is being fundamentally transformed. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-deportation-debate

609

Crisis Magazine

10 Oct, 11:01

One aspect of "Am I Racist?" that has yet to receive any attention is how closely it aligns with the apologetic style of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-unappreciated-parallels-between-am-i-racist-and-the-screwtape-letters

605

Crisis Magazine

09 Oct, 13:08

In the Synodal Sessions, the Faith's majesty is trampled upon, then traded for the cheap trinkets of the best psychobabble money can buy. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-synodal-comedy-act-ii

554

Crisis Magazine

09 Oct, 09:01

Newman’s doctrine of development is important for understanding why Protestants have such an incoherent, ungrounded basis for their various doctrines, which differ significantly from one tradition and denomination to another.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-doctor-of-development

518

Crisis Magazine

08 Oct, 18:50

Our times are becoming apocalyptic: multiple wars, destructive hurricanes, rampant heresy, increased government totalitarianism, and other traumatic events. Are we nearing the End Times? How should Catholics respond to these dramatic happenings?
https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/apocalypse-now

396

Crisis Magazine

08 Oct, 09:11

As weak leftist regimes continue to fall in the West, Islam remains the civilizational, geopolitical threat of our time.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/what-will-replace-wokeism-as-the-ruling-regimes-religion

416

Crisis Magazine

08 Oct, 09:01

Pope Francis was invited by the University of Louvain to celebrate its 600th anniversary, and a gaggle of feminist idealogues swarm all over him to demand an immediate “paradigm change” on all issues relating to women.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-lessons-of-louvain

454

Crisis Magazine

07 Oct, 09:11

One can see more clearly that we’re not going to vote for a saint but for someone—and realistically an entire administration—that might do us less harm than another. Don’t expect too much more.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/pray-vote-pray-work-pray-more

454

Crisis Magazine

07 Oct, 09:01

The Mysteries of the Rosary upon which we meditate work to re-tether us to a reality that we are so often detached from in our modernist, post-Christian, hyper-worldly society.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-realness-of-the-rosary

454

Crisis Magazine

05 Oct, 09:01

A trio of female English Martyrs deserve a special place among the unsung heroes of Christendom.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/hidden-pearls-of-great-price

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