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By Sarah Cain, Crisis Magazine, Jan. 7, 2026
Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal, is a political and cultural commentator who makes videos about the decline of the West, and she writes Homefront Crusade. She is the author of Failing Foundations: The Pillars of the West Are Nearing Collapse.
Bishop Martin of Charlotte is seeking to impose ‘a year as a layman’ before priestly ordination. This is like an engaged man living an additional year as a bachelor before his wedding day.
One of the measures of the success of a diocese is the number of its seminarians because they reflect a spiritual ecology. If young people are not willing to give their lives in service to God when they hear the call, then either they are not listening for it or their environment represents an obstacle. But how ought we respond when a diocese actively sabotages what was working?Related posts
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