Year: 2010

Reflections on the Sexual Abuse Scandals in Europe

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I Have Weathered Other Storms – A Response to the Scandals and Democratic Reforms That Threaten the Catholic Church. With the media uproar over sexual abuse scandals now raging in Europe, it is fitting to reflect on what is happening and how faithful Catholics should react.

A Magdalene of Our Times

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A Magdalene of Our Times

Eve Lavallière, the stage name of Eugénie Fenoglio, was born in Toulon, France, on April 1, 1866. The second child and only daughter of Emile and Albanie Fenoglio, she later described her painful youth. “As a child, I knew not what the love and care of a mother was. My life was … Read more

Neither Health Nor Care

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Neither Health Nor Care

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) joins with Americans across the nation in denouncing the Passion Sunday passage of the health care reform bill in the House. This bill, which passed on a final vote of 219-212, does not promote health care but rather moves the … Read more

They Said: Abort Children, but Spare Bin Laden

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It takes a fair amount of courage to defend the truth on a decidedly liberal campus such as George Washington University. Nevertheless, TFP Student Action volunteers welcomed the challenge and visited the university on March 8. Their mission was simple: Defend innocent life and challenge abortion and its culture of death, which … Read more

Blowing Up the Cross in Vietnam

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Communism’s Brutal Face Is Very Visible Once again communism reared its ugly head dashing the false hopes of naïve optimists who keep clinging to the idea that communism is dead. Recent events in Vietnam reported in Catholic news media reveal that a brutal crackdown and campaign of violence and intimidation by hardliners … Read more

If You Want Peace, Prepare for War

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If You Want Peace, Prepare for War

Why We Cannot Cut Our Nuclear Arsenal Without the World Returning to Ethical Principles For years now, nuclear disarmament (even unilateral disarmament) has been vehemently debated in Catholic intellectual circles. Since the Obama Administration is now negotiating a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with the Russian Federation and this Catholic debate … Read more

Novena to Saint Joseph

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""""[vc_column_text] Daily Novena Prayer This prayer is to be said at the end of each day’s devotion to Saint Joseph. After the prayers, we have provided a meditation about Saint Joseph for each day. I, thy unworthy child, greet thee. Thou art the faithful protector and intercessor of all who love and … Read more

Disband the Marine Corps

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It would be better to disband the Corps than see it dishonored and its virtues and values destroyed. A vandal once took a hammer to the Pietà. It was a shocking and unexpected event, but the fact that it happened suggests a perverse streak within our nature to desecrate that which others … Read more

A Specter is Haunting America — Socialism

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“A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.” This is the famous opening line of the Manifesto of the Communist Party written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. This sentence could perhaps be paraphrased today: “A specter is haunting America – the specter of socialism.” Is Communism Dead? … Read more