Crisis Magazine

Something weird and wonderful is happening across the globe and is even reaching the grass roots in my own hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. This year, the five Catholic parishes in Greenville (Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Mary’s, St. Mary Magdalene, and Prince of Peace) have seen a remarkable 44 percent increase in the number of adults being receiv...

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 Migration, GFMD was one among countless organizations devoted to promoting “the right to migration.” In a written statement, Trump’s spokesman Tommy Pigott explained, “For too long…

One of the hallmarks of anti-SSPX commentary is the clutching of pearls. It seems that at times Don Pagliarani could say something like, “We reject false religions, because they are false and hateful to God,” and the commentariat would find something negative to say about it. Recently, the SSPX put out a statement wherein not Don Pagliarani but Fr. Gleize wrote the following ...

When 60 Minutes is interested in you, you know you’re doing something either really good or really bad. The program’s April 12th segment on the surge in Catholic conversions suggests that the Church is doing something really good. Somehow, we’ve managed to welcome record numbers of converts into the Church, and there are signs the trend will continue, at least for the near fu...

Many years ago, when I was very young, my godmother, true to her office, would give me a present on my birthday. She did not anticipate that her beneficence would constitute a problem. My father, unfortunately, did. He told his sister that if she did not give presents to both of my brothers, she should not give a present to me. My aunt reluctantly complied, and nevermore did ...