The American TFP

Exhortation to Catholic Men: Engage in the Fight, Step Into the Breach!

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo January 11, 2017December 31, 2015

We are immersed in a cultural war that is destroying the most sacred foundations of our civilization and increasingly plunging the world into chaos and violence. In this context, it is important that Catholics, following the path of their ancestors, abandon self-indulgence and to engage in the fight mindful of the promises … Read more

Just an Article or an Excuse to Blaspheme?

by Norman Fulkerson January 16, 2017December 30, 2015

The days leading up to Christmas are always ones of great anticipation and with good reason since everything about Our Lord’s birth was marvelous. It occurred in the middle of the night under a blanket of stars. The “good tidings” of His birth was announced to nearby shepherds by an angel: “…This … Read more

COP21: Paris’ Historic Fiasco

by Luis Dufaur June 1, 2017December 24, 2015

James Hansen, a former NASA scientist and leading herald of “global warmism” has called the Agreement “a fraud” and “a fake.” Hugs, tears, euphoria: it was not the World Cup finals but that of the Conference of the Parties in Paris, or COP21 as it is better known. Under the chairmanship of … Read more

The Last Christmas Card

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 13, 2016December 24, 2015

Every year, numerous people who usually sent Prof. Plinio a Christmas card had a hopeful expectation. It was to receive sometime later, a reply with another card containing a Christmas message signed by him, filling their souls with joy and hope. On Christmas 1994, the last one the distinguished Catholic leader celebrated … Read more

Reflections on Christmases Past and Future

by John Horvat II December 16, 2020December 23, 2015

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It is Christmas and we all think back on Christmases past not without a bit of nostalgia for what the feast represents. We think back on Christmas trees, manger scenes and midnight Masses. We recall family dinners, marveling children and Christmas carols. Such memories fill us with joys in a brutal world … Read more

“Why Me?”

by Norman Fulkerson December 16, 2020December 22, 2015

Magnificent medieval stained glass windows have sometimes been referred to as a “catechism in glass” because of the richness of the faith which their imagery conveyed. We could say the statues of this time period aptly captured the virtues of the holy personages. When done well they are, in their turn, truly … Read more

I Am A Victim Of Micro-Aggression

by John Horvat II December 16, 2020December 19, 2015

I am a victim of micro-aggression. I only found out now after watching the campus activists who have been disrupting studies this past semester. They claim their learning experiences are plagued with systemic bias and attitudes that they call “micro-aggressions.” A micro-aggression is any word, act or presupposition, slight though it might … Read more

Four Strategies Satan Uses Against Christian Order

by John Horvat II November 12, 2020December 15, 2015

A Christian order presupposes that we believe in Christ and His law. As a result, Christians organize all society in function of this law, and from this comes order and peace. A Christian society also presupposes a fight against evil and all those threats that attack the good order of society. When … Read more

The Cookie Jar Elections of 2016

by John Horvat II December 16, 2020December 14, 2015

The issues now being debated in the 2016 elections are framed as if the country revolved around a great big cookie jar. The benefits and promises candidates offer are like cookies that must be substantial, instantly gratifying and abundant. All the problems the nation faces seem to be reduced to who has … Read more

Mass Shootings: the “New Normal?”

by Ben Broussard December 16, 2020December 11, 2015

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America and much of the rest of the world are experiencing fatigue from all the bad news. Islamists shooting innocent civilians. Crazed individuals opening fire at theaters and military bases. A new school shooting every month, if not more often. Things didn’t used to be this way. You would never hear of … Read more