Four Things Catholics Might Learn from the SSPX
Despite its flaws, the SSPX may have something to teach ordinary Catholics—and it’s probably not what you think.
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Despite its flaws, the SSPX may have something to teach ordinary Catholics—and it’s probably not what you think.
Catholic and other Christian institutions are being forced to affirm one lie by means of another.
SSPX defenders use the Arian crisis, Pope Liberius, and Antipope Felix II to make resistance to Rome look like fidelity. But the real history exposes the myth.
From Arianism to the Protestant Reformation, the Church has answered counterfeit versions of the faith with clarity. Catholics need that same clarity again.
A faithful Catholic men's group was kept off the Cathedral steps during Pride weekend. The reasons were fair — but the instinct behind them points to a deeper problem in the Church.
The Church can meet people where they are, but she cannot leave them there. Evangelization has to move people, not just encounter them