The SSPX, the Truth, and Charity, by Kennedy Hall

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine, Feb. 6, 2026

Kennedy Hall is the author of multiple best-selling books. He is a freelance author, audiobook narrator and host of the podcast Mere Tradition with Kennedy Hall. He is married with six children and lives in Ontario, Canada. He can be contacted through, and his work can be found at www.kennedyhall.ca.

What one thinks about the SSPX, in a sense, is in the eye of the beholder.

In 2023, I published a book defending the SSPX called SSPX: The Defence. Yes, Defence with a “C” because I naturally write in the King’s English. To write that book, which comes in just under 300 pages, I had to read a whole lot more than 300 pages of information on the subject.

I don’t mean to sound braggadocious or arrogant, but I believe I can confidently say, even with humility, that you would be hard-pressed to find other men alive today who have digested more information centred on the SSPX. I’m not saying they don’t exist, but they are rare and are usually professors and theologians in the SSPX. I say this only to give a bit of background in the hopes that the reader would trust me enough to listen to my opinion on the subject, even if he concludes that I am wrong in the end. …