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 a self-centered, endless committee-based synodal Church. Whatever that means. Imagine how the fifteenth subcommittee of the eighth session of the synod on synodality might. . . what’s the word. . . reimagine Our Lord’s Great Commission from Matthew 26. 

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and hold meetings of all nations, synodizing them in the spirit of the age, teaching them to observe all that the world commands.”

Your support for Crisis Magazine has a far larger impact than you know. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard from priests how our articles have been shared among them, and how encouraged they are to read the truths they’ll never hear from the chancery. 

And we have a LOT of priest subscribers. More than a few bishops too. 

Will you help Crisis expand in 2026? That’s exactly what your donation today will do. 

In fact, I can be even more specific: Your support today goes directly to the support of traditional, orthodox Catholicism, including a constant and strong defense of the Latin Mass and teachings that remain true in and out of season. 

You see, Catholic Tradition can’t be killed. It can be attacked. It can be subverted. It can even be ignored, as you and I know too well. 

But it will always come back stronger than ever. 

With the blessing of Pope Leo, Cardinal Raymond Burke recently celebrated the first traditional Mass in more than two years at St. Peter’s, and thousands of Catholics were present. Two other cardinals and around 200 clergy were there to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as well. 

This ideological assault on tradition launched under the previous pontificate has done more to draw attention to the ancient liturgy than it has to dissuade anyone. 

But we have more to do if we’re going to make the most of this hopeful moment. 

This is where you and Crisis Magazine come in. Right now, we need timely reporting on what is going on in Rome, insightful analysis, and a fearless commitment to the truth. 

In other words, the Church needs Crisis. And in this fraught moment, we need all of our donors’ most generous support so we can increase our coverage, grow our podcast platform, and reach more faithful than ever before. Already 544 readers have supported our Year-End Campaign with $80,533 (thank you if you were one of them!), but we still have $19,467 to go.

And right now, every first-time Crisis donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar by an anonymous donor. This match technically lasts until December 31, but only for the first $13,000 in donations! 

Are you with us? I hope you will be. It’s a great time to be Catholic. None of the darkness of our culture or the confusion in the Church can dull the edge of a Church that is alive in Jesus Christ—that is unafraid to bring the truth with love, with or without permission, to a world starving for the truth of Christ. 

Let’s rest in Christ this Christmas season, a season of hope and restoration. 

And in 2026, let’s go. Please send your best year-end gift to Crisis Magazine today. 

Sincerely,

Eric Sammons
Editor-in-Chief

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