Publication: Crisis Magazine

Consequences of Compassion
Its a wonder why those who allowed this to happen are not being charged criminally as coconspirators under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Naivety and emotionalism are pronounced ...
Synodalism Marches On: Martyrs Need Not Apply
Martyrs spilled their blood for Truth come down from Heaven. For the Synodalist, there is no truth, only transactional process. Who would die for that? For the Synodalist, truth is ...

When Will the Covid-Era Bishops Be Held Accountable?
The United States Senate will soon vote whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer a Senate committee’s questions. On July 29, the Committee on Homeland ...
Fr. Perricone: Hammers and Sickles Coming Soon to a Town Near You
Hammer and Sickle? Who under the age of 60 would even remember that barbaric symbol of Communism? Or the tens of millions it executed under its totalitarian death grip? Or ...

Truth Under Assault
Flannery O’Connor, who had an admirable propensity for being honest, made the remark that “the truth will make you odd.” She would not be surprised, if she were around today, ...

The New Inquisition
That Cardinal Fernández leads the DDF is a tragedy that borders on terror. The question of whether there is a crisis in the Catholic Church hinges on a slew of ...

Mass Migration Threatens Civilization, But Bishops Don’t Seems to Mind
President Trump recently signed an executive order to pull the United States out of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). Affiliated with the United Nations’ Global Compact for ...

A Synodal Lesson: Invoke the Destroyer of All Heresies
Since the publication of Mater Populi Fidelis, there has been spirited commentary on the Marian titles “co-redemptrix” and “mediatrix of all graces.” While I do support these titles, I believe ...

On Sanctifying Sodomy
The Final Report of Study Group 9 of the Synod on Synodality is a jaw-drooping attack on Scripture and everything that the Church has ever taught concerning sodomy. Is sodomy ...

SSPX: Prudence and the Consecrations
The word “prudent” gets thrown around a lot, and it is often misused. Recently, a friend posed a question to me about the prudence of the forthcoming SSPX consecrations, and ...

There Is Only One Mystical Body of Christ: The Catholic Church
Last week, in his meeting with the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, Pope Leo XIV said: While much progress has been made on some historically divisive issues, new problems ...

Will Bishops Give the Surge of New Catholics Ephesus—or the City of Man?
A recent reading from the Acts of the Apostles brought back the memory of an image from a book of stories I used to pull from the blue bookshelf in ...

The Thing About Obedience
No conversation about the SSPX is complete without the word “obedience” being thrown around. And, in all fairness, the nature of obedience is really at the heart of the matter, ...
Fr. Perricone: Why Every Catholic Is a Traditional Catholic (Or Should Be)
T'is a pity when a word dies. It is conceived in the womb of a certain culture, and it gestates in that culture until its meaning is set as firmly ...

How to Respond to Open-Borders Christians
Last week, 44 Catholic Democrats signed a statement condemning the current enforcement of immigration laws as contrary to Christian teachings. Even though they “believe every nation has the right to regulate its borders ...

No, Holy Father, Health is Not a “Right”
This week Pope Leo addressed the Pontifical Academy for Life, the now-controversial Vatican organization founded by Pope John Paul II with the purpose to advise the Holy See on subjects ...

The SSPX is Not the Problem
Nearly 10 years ago, my spiritual director suggested to me that I should teach a Church history class at my local parish. I asked my pastor, who thought it was ...

On Small Laws
“When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom, you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.” G.K. Chesterton said, “When you break the big ...

USCCB Outsourcing Catholic Immigration Policy to Progressive Catholic Institutions
Following USAID cuts, a network of Catholic university-based advocacy groups, staffed by USCCB and Biden-admin alumni, enables the bishops to continue advancing porous border initiatives. For decades, the U.S. Conference ...

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Is Catechesis
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 ...

Sunset Boulevard and Vatican II
Those still giddy about Vatican II appear like a straggling line of octogenarian cheerleaders—irrelevant and embarrassing. Once upon a time, Hollywood used to produce movies. Real movies, that is. They ...