The American TFP

Devotion to the Holy Rosary: Powerful “Weapon” of the Faith

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira March 3, 2017October 10, 2012

As we know, one great merit of the devotion to the Rosary is that it was revealed by Our Lady to Saint Dominic as a means to revive the Faith in regions ravaged by the Albigensian heresy. Indeed, the widespread practice of the Rosary revived the Faith. With this, the Rosary became, … Read more

The Electric Car Farce

by John Horvat II December 17, 2020October 10, 2012

With the myth of global warming being seriously questioned, environmentalists can at least take comfort in proclaiming the good they do by promoting electric cars. After all, there are no dirty exhaust pipes emitting noxious fumes because they run on clean electricity, right? There could not possibly be a more pristine form … Read more

The French Revolution Implemented Socio-Political Egalitarianism

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira June 25, 2017October 9, 2012

The profound action of humanism and the Renaissance among Catholics spread unceasingly throughout France in a growing chain of consequences. Favored by the weakening of piety in the faithful caused by Jansenism and the other leavens sixteenth-century Protestantism had unfortunately left in the most Christian kingdom, this action gave rise in the … Read more

How to Revive the Notion of Good and Evil

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira September 11, 2025October 3, 2012

The notion of good and evil can be revived in various ways, including: • Avoiding all formulations that smack of secularist or interdenominational morality, because secularism and interdenominationalism logically lead to amorality. • Opportunely pointing out that God has the right to be obeyed and that, therefore, His Commandments are true … Read more

The “Invisible” Protest Against the “P*** Christ” Blasphemy in Manhattan

by The American TFP October 19, 2016October 2, 2012

Some fifty people prayed the Rosary, offered public reparation and protested against the “P*** Christ” blasphemy on its opening day of its showing. The protest was held in front of the Edward Tyler Nahem Art Gallery on 57th Street in New York City on September 27. It was organized by the American … Read more

Statue of the Blessed Virgin Present at the Battle of Lepanto has Been Found

by TFP.org October 7, 2021October 2, 2012

The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that was on board the royal galley commanded by Don John of Austria, half brother of King Philip II of Spain, during the Battle of Lepanto, has been discovered. Our Lady of the Rosary was offered to Don John of Austria by the Venetians. Back … Read more

We Grow Old by Deserting Our Ideals

by Samuel Ullman December 6, 2016October 2, 2012

General Douglas MacArthur was so inspired by Samuel Ullman’s poem that he popularized it and kept a framed copy in his office while Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. He quoted it so often in his speeches that it became known as “MacArthur’s Credo.” The Poem: Nobody grows old by merely living a … Read more

Why Does Love Arouse Hatred?

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 7, 2016September 26, 2012

A friendly reader asked me to explain why the Church has been fought so fiercely throughout her history even though she is the preacher of the Truth. He also wants to know why true Catholics, who do not compromise with present-day errors and remain faithful to the immutable teaching of Our Lord … Read more

Pride and Egalitarianism

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira June 30, 2018September 26, 2012

Subject to another’s authority, the proud person first hates the particular yoke that weighs upon him. Secondly, the proud man begins to hate all authority in general and all yokes, and, even more, the very principle of authority considered in the abstract. Because he hates all authority, he also hates superiority of … Read more

How Our Lady Granted Victory at Lepanto

by Jeremias Wells October 7, 2021September 26, 2012

In times of acute danger and hardship, we must always fly into the arms of the most powerful Mother of God and turn to the recitation of the Rosary. The Battle of Lepanto is a great lesson of confidence for us today. When Saint Pius V ascended to Saint Peter’s throne, Christendom … Read more