The American TFP

Avenir de la Culture to the French Bishops: Civil Unions Are Unacceptable

by Avenir de la Culture December 22, 2016December 31, 2012

Avenir de la Culture is a French cultural organization that has long fought against moral degradation in society and especially as it appears in the media. The group recently sent a respectful appeal to every French Bishop to stand firm on the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church and natural law regarding … Read more

The Monarchy Is the Best Regime, for It More Easily Favors Peace

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 7, 2016December 27, 2012

It is fitting to add some representative texts of Saint Thomas Aquinas to the pontifical texts quoted in testimony of the Church’s social doctrine on the subject of Monarchical regimes given the prominence of his thinking in traditional Catholic teaching. In De Regimine Principum, “having set forth these preliminary points,” it behooves … Read more

A Christmas Message: A Need for the Tranquility of Order

by Michael Whitcraft December 21, 2017December 22, 2012

A 2012 Christmas Message: A Need for the Tranquility of Order

The year is closing and it is time to glance back at everything that happened during 2012. We can say that we are in the midst of generalized chaos that has gown a lot during this time not just in our country but also throughout the whole world. In this moment, seemingly … Read more

St. Martin of Tours – Patron of Veterans and Soldiers

by TFP.org November 11, 2020December 21, 2012

St. Martin of Tours was a bishop, born at Sabaria, Germany about 316 and died at Candes, Touraine, most probably in 397. He was moved to Pavia in Italy in his early years when his father, a military tribune, was transferred. Martin accompanied him and when he reached adolescence, he was enrolled … Read more

Open House and Open Hearts for the Christ Child

by Ben Broussard April 5, 2017December 20, 2012

On the afternoon of December 16, 2012, supporters and friends of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) arrived for the annual Christmas Celebration and Open House at the TFP headquarters in Spring Grove, Penn. Despite threats of rain, more than 300 from both near and far … Read more

Priest Supports Communist Farm Invaders… And Is Made Bishop!

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo May 30, 2017December 20, 2012

“If you don’t give up your repossession efforts, blood will flow.” That was the threat farmer Maria Angela Simões Semeghini received last February as she went to court to recover her farmlands invaded in the city of Ariquemes, State of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Mrs. Semeghini was shocked when … Read more

Crumbling BRICs

by John Horvat II December 17, 2020December 18, 2012

Considering the media buzz surrounding the rising emergent markets, one might think that the American economy is doomed to be overtaken by new players in the market. The future belongs to the BRICs – that acronym has been given to the four highest performers in these markets, Brazil, Russia, India and China. … Read more

A Generation of Monsters

by John Horvat II December 17, 2020December 18, 2012

Everyone can agree that the horrific massacre of innocent grade-school children in Newtown, Conn. was truly monstrous. It was an event that defies the imagination to conceive how someone might do something so cruel and inhuman. Worse yet, this is not an isolated incident. Similar cases are occurring with greater frequency, prompting … Read more

What Suits Can Teach Us About Markets

by John Horvat II December 17, 2020December 18, 2012

In the book, Return to Order, there is a chapter on standardization and how it favors the advance of frenetic intemperance in economy. Standardized goods, we claim, lead to the standardized masses. It destroys the human element that gives warmth, life and meaning to economy. In theory, such affirmations are detached and … Read more

“Arab Spring” or Islamist Expansionism?

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo May 10, 2017December 13, 2012

Fr. Samir Khalil Samir is a renowned Egyptian Jesuit expert in the Islamic world. He recently made an analysis of the “Arab Spring” and its evolution as well as the confusing and dangerous situation in Syria. Given its interest, we summarize some of his remarks below. Egypt: From one Dictatorship to Another The … Read more