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Above: a scene from the film The Mission (Roland Joffé, 1986), which depicts the Jesuit Reductions, highlighting the use of music in the missions. Three hundred years ago, on January 2, 1726, Domenico Zipoli died of tuberculosis. A leading composer of his time, he was the most celebrated musician among the Jesuits and a central…
This Sunday, January 4, marks five years since I took the helm at Crisis Magazine. At the time we were in the midst of the Covid madness, Pope Francis was confusing faithful Catholics, the 2020 election was being disputed, the January 6th “riots” were only two days away. It was clear then that we were…
A few weeks ago, at the U.N. General Assembly, the government of Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán voted for keeping “sexual orientation and gender identity” in a resolution on persons with disabilities. Packed into that phrase are all manner of sexual perversity, including trans. A few weeks before that, the government of Hungary voted…
Nearly two months after Kevin Roberts, the president of The Heritage Foundation, posted a controversial video responding to the backlash over Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, the Wall Street Journal attempted to resurrect the media war on Heritage with renewed intensity, refusing to let the issue fade. Its latest front in the campaign is…
Editor’s note: the 12 days of Christmas are present in the pre-55 rite due to the additional octaves and the vigil of the Epiphany. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May His blessing be upon us who doth live and reign for ever. ℟. Amen. Reading 1 Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the…
With every new year comes a rush of cleanses and detoxes and protocols, all aimed at turning over a new leaf. We want to wash away the old and embrace the new start represented by the turning of the calendar. We don’t just fear toxins in our bodies. We are cautious about the spiritual toxins…
In The Liberal Hegemony, Thomas Molnar wrote that the three poles which traditionally connect a political community – the temple, the palace, and, in the middle, a general ‘civil society’ – were dislocated for the first time in the Anglosphere and most clearly, in the Liberal United States. In the Anglo-Saxon world it was the…
There is supernatural power in suffering beyond our understanding. But the fear of suffering has become a weapon in the devil’s toolbox to increasingly drive state-abetted suicide as an improvement on God’s plan. On December 12, Illinois became the 12th state to enact legislation to provide terminally ill patients with an exit ramp from life…
With all the church closings, clustering, and twinning, alongside the seemingly endless amount of money in terms of payouts to victims of clerical and religious abuse, it is almost easy to become disillusioned with the leadership of some—many—of the dioceses in the United States at present. However, occasionally a Local Ordinary will do something so…
Merry Christmas! With your indulgence, I need to set the record straight. I don’t want to defeat progressive Catholics or purge them from the Church. I want to help convert them so they see how beautiful tradition is and how it leads people to Christ. What most certainly does NOT lead people to Christ is…
