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Above: a folk mass. I was born the day John F. Kennedy was elected – November 8, 1960. In many ways, this was the apogee of Americanist Catholicism of the kind sponsored by Archbishop John Carrol, Fr. Isaac Hecker, Archbishop John Ireland, and James Cardinal Gibbons. Eschewing evangelisation of the United States in return for…
At least one of the reasons there has been a revolt at the Heritage Foundation has less to do with Tucker Carlson and more to do with a gentleman many young policy people will not have heard of, the great Paul Weyrich. What many have forgotten is that Paul Weyrich founded the Heritage Foundation alongside…
Pornography is a strange thing—it takes something good and natural (sex), exploits that appetite for the good, inverts it, turns it inward, monetizes it, and sets the table for a one-man digital gorge-fest. The flood of digital images in the pornographic realm over the past three decades has been exponential and simply impossible to reign…
Above: Princess Marthe Bibesco. Sometimes, it is said about gifted persons who had the great joy of witnessing the conversion to the Christian (i.e., Catholic) faith of some of their acquaintances, that they “converted” such persons. In fact, this is an inaccurate statement. No human being can truly convert another human being to the supernatural…
The priesthood is in a state of crisis. That’s not a criticism of anyone. There are faithful people at every level (clergy and laity alike) laboring in the Church, showing up day after day and trying to get the job done. Praise God for that. But the priesthood is in a state of crisis, a…
I’ve been an active user of 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) since 2014. In those 12 years I’ve made more than 31,000 posts. That’s about 230 posts/month, or more than seven posts per day, although since I never post on Sundays, it really works out to around nine per day. Not as crazy as some power users,…
On May 8, 2025, Leo XIV was elected pope at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. With the death of his predecessor, a great many Catholics sighed a deep sigh of relief. I myself felt very bad that I did not feel very bad. As a friend said to me at that time, “It’s great now…
About a year ago, Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as a mob boss next to a sign that said “FAFO.” Since then, he’s been working the acronym into his official media presence with gusto. The term was popular within the African American and military communities for years. The latter popularized it in…
Above: Cuadro “Calderote” (first Carlist War) by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau. As we watch the structures of our society erode under the weight of self-pursuing ideals and atomization, it is vital for us as Catholics—the people of hope—not to fall into despair. While the challenges are immense, the opportunities for a true restoration are even more abundant….
Do I have some good news for you, Crisis readers! It’s a story of miraculously answered prayers, of which many of you played a direct part. And I’m beyond excited to tell you about it. Almost exactly five years ago, Sophia Institute, the parent organization of Crisis Magazine, graciously agreed to publish The Persecuted, my…
