💬 Opinion Jun 30, 2026 · H.W. Crocker III

Marcel Lefebvre and the Dinosaur

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Recently in these pages, S. A. McCarthy gave an elegant summary of “The Tragedy of the SSPX,” a tragedy that is about to reach its climax with the Society of Saint Pius X’s consecration of four bishops on 1 July in direct disobedience of the pope.
But left unaddressed in McCarthy’s essay was the question I hear most often from the Catholic faithful: Is there an amusing book — a World War II thriller perhaps — that features Marcel Lefebvre, the SSPX founder, as a sympathetic character? I have an

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