Crisis Magazine

In all the years I’ve spent in college classrooms, stretching as far back as the days of pre-digital learning, two things have increasingly stood out about the students I teach, each unmistakably related to the other. The first is that fewer and fewer of them will actually show up fully dressed for class, preferring instead a level of dishevelment often indistinguishable from...

There was a time when I considered a new Christopher Nolan film “must-see” viewing. I’m a huge fan of Inception, Interstellar, and Dark Knight. Heck, I’m even one of the few people who didn’t think Tenet was awful. In an era in which most movies result in forgettable moments, Nolan films have lasting impact. But I won’t be watching Nolan’s most recent movie, The Odyssey, star...

July 26 is the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Their commemoration serves as an opportunity for all parents to reflect on their influence on their children. While the Blessed Mother was free from original sin from the moment of her conception, her parents still would have supported her in her faith and taught her about how to live it ou...

With Rome’s excommunication of the SSPX, one thing is clear: things aren’t clear. While the excommunication has settled the status of (certain members of) the SSPX, what it doesn’t do is settle the underlying issues. It is probable that they won’t be settled for generations. For those wishing to understand the issues, I suggest watching a podcast by Conor Gallagher with Fr.

Those who favor abortion’s legality have long rejected any label that they were pro-abortion. Instead, they maintained that they were “pro-choice” or, alternatively, “pro-women.” That messaging is aligned with bygone marketing slogans like “safe, legal, and rare.” California is now helping to expose just how misleading that branding has always been. California is suing Heartb...