Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Address of Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira for the Launching of the American Edition of His Book,
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The importance of the launching of a book is proportional to the scope of the book's theme. If the theme is great, the book undoubtedly will move souls, perhaps even civilizations, even if the book is not great.
If the book is truly great, it will stir the finest souls and civilizations. If it is merely mediocre it can still play an important role by moving mediocre people.
Philosophical Self-Portrait: Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
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On this anniversary of TFP founder, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, we reintroduce his Philosophical Self-Portrait, which contains a summary of his beliefs.
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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Distinguished Apostle, Ardent and Intrepid Polemist
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The unexpected news of the death of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira has moved us to ponder some chapters of his life and to reflect that the more intense the evils of an epoch, the more exceptional are the figures Divine Providence calls to face them. It is a reflection on His design to fight crises, calling souls of fire.
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The Mobile Immobility of Chaos
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If anything is a common denominator in events of public and private life in so many nations nowadays, it is chaos. Chaotic prospects seem to come one right after the other, and, increasingly, things follow the ways of chaos to an extent hardly fathomed by anyone.
TFPs Undertake Victorious Crusade in Favor of Free Lithuania
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In March of last year, when growing tension between the Soviet Union and Lithuania had reached a point clearly conducive to conflict, one might have asked what was the importance of the Soviet aggression which occurred at that time. The answer: None. This, because there had already been serious conflicts in other regions of the USSR, such as Georgia and Azerbaijan, that the Kremlin had brutally suppressed.
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The Castle of Valençay
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One’s first impression of this castle, located in the Loire Valley, France, is of enchantment. How marvelous! It is a collection of towers that rise gallantly in the air indicating lordship, power, grandeur and splendor.
Clothed in Light
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Imagine being just five feet away from Our Lady! Wouldn’t it be great to be but five feet away from her? As Sister Lucia recounts, when Our Lady appears, everything is white, everything is clean and everything is pure.
Luther Thought He Was Divine!
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I do not understand how men of the Church today, including some of the most cultured, learned, and illustrious, mythicize the figure of Luther, the heresiarch, in their zeal to favor an ecumenical rapprochement directly with Protestantism and indirectly with all the religions, schools of philosophy, and so forth. Do they not perceive the danger that is lying in wait for all of us at the end of this road?
Luther, Absolutely Not!
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Filled with sadness as he reads the letter of John Paul II to Cardinal Willebrands regarding the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther and signed on October 31, the anniversary of the heresiarch's first act of rebellion in the church of the castle of Wittenberg, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira could not help but ask himself if the august signer had forgotten the terrible blasphemies that the apostate friar had hurled against God, Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Blessed Sacrament, the Virgin Mary, and the Papacy itself.
What Next?
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I have just read a report that a hot fight over a proposed strike is going on between hardliners and "softliners" inside the Polish Communist Party. The advocates of the "soft" position are calling for concessions to the Solidarity union...