America Should Uphold Justice and Help Ukraine Against Putin’s ‘Unjust War’

America Should Uphold Justice and Help Ukraine Against Putin’s Unjust War

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) denounces and categorically condemns President Vladimir Putin’s unjust war against Ukraine and urges the Russian Federation to immediately return its troops to their barracks and indemnify the Ukrainian people for their losses. The American TFP commends President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and … Read more

Pope Francis: “The Church Is the Community of Saved Sinners”

Pope Francis: “The Church Is the Community of Saved Sinners”

In his Wednesday “catechesis,” Pope Francis does not show concern about teaching the traditional Church doctrine confirmed by the Magisterium of Popes, councils, bishops, teachings of the Doctors of the Church and the sense of the faithful. In a free-wheeling fashion, amid jests, he makes most grave affirmations in a confusing language … Read more

Modernism, Not Ultramontanism, Is the “Synthesis of All Heresies”

Modernism, Not Ultramontanism, Is the “Synthesis of All Heresies”

In American traditionalist circles, it is becoming fashionable to blame “ultramontanism” for all the ills affecting Catholicism today. Supposedly, Pope Francis is imposing a revolutionary agenda on the Church because of the actions of ultramontanes during the First Vatican Council. Detractors admit that ultramontanes turned traditional Church teaching on papal infallibility and … Read more

Liturgy “on the Altar of Hypocrisy”?

Liturgy “on the Altar of Hypocrisy”?

On his flight back to Rome after his trip to Cyprus and Greece last December 6, responding to a question from journalists about the resignation of the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, Pope Francis explained: “I accepted Aupetit’s resignation, not on the altar of truth, but on the altar of hypocrisy. This is … Read more

Is Pope Francis Changing Just the Church’s Tone on LGBT People or Also the Doctrine?

Is Pope Francis Changing Just the Church’s Tone on LGBT People or Also the Doctrine?

On November 19, 2021, America magazine, a Jesuit publication, featured a video titled, “The Vatican changing tone toward LGBT Catholics.”  In it, Fr. James Martin, S.J., and America associate editor Colleen Dulle discuss how Pope Francis is changing the Vatican’s tone on LGBT people. Fr. James Martin posted the video on his Facebook page, … Read more