Year: 2015

A Medal, a Vision, a Conversion — The Story of Claude Newman

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A Medal, a Vision, a Conversion - The Story of Claude Newman

Claude Newman was a twenty-year-old African-American who, in 1943, awaited execution in a prison in Mississippi. His crime was that of ambushing and shooting a man named Sid Cook, his beloved grandmother’s abusive second husband. One day, noticing a medal hanging around the neck of a fellow prisoner, Claude asked the young … Read more

Reflections on a Trip to Remember a Great Man

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It has been more than a month since the twentieth anniversary commemoration of the death of Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Looking back on the event, it is good to reflect upon all that happened. I would be greatly remiss if I did not give my personal view by sharing a few … Read more

Communiqué: The American TFP Endorses Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s Solid and Courageous Statement on the Synod

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Communiqué American TFP Endorses Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s Solid and Courageous Statement on the Synod

Communiqué: The American TFP Endorses Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s Solid and Courageous Statement on the Synod Based on solid arguments, Bishop Athanasius Schneider has issued a timely statement on the Synod of Bishops’ Final Report in which he comments on items 84 to 86. Grounded in perennial Catholic teaching, his considerations are a … Read more

Ivanpah — Not so Squeaky Green

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Promoted as the future of renewable clean solar energy, the Ivanpah electric generating plant has less to boast about than first thought. With three massive towers rising 495 feet high and 352,000 mirrors focusing sunlight toward the tops of the towers to boil water with solar energy, Ivanpah is far less environmentally … Read more

Author Horvat to Bring Return to Order to Delaware

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Internationally acclaimed author to bring a case for Return to Order to Delaware HANOVER, PA (November 5, 2015) — A storm is brewing on America’s horizon, according to John Horvat II, author of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where … Read more

Battle Against Lucifer in Texas

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Battle Against Lucifer in Texas

To the dismay of local residents the once quiet town of Old Town Spring in Texas has become a center of controversy as the “Greater Church of Lucifer” opened its doors on the eve of All Saints Day. The church, which claims to not actually worship Satan — in spite of providing … Read more

The False Libertarian Notion of Self-Ownership

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The False Libertarian Notion of Self-Ownership

Libertarians support the idea that a government’s only purpose is to protect life, liberty and private property. One way this is done is through an idea they call self-ownership. This is the notion that each individual owns himself, just like one who owns a piece of property. Thus, the government should have … Read more

Return to Order Sales Surge Beyond 70,000 Globally

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“Return to Order offers genuine hope” HANOVER, PA — The number of people reading John Horvat’s book continues to grow, both in the U.S. and abroad. More than 70,000 copies of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where We … Read more

The Conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne

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Alphonse Ratisbonne was a young Jew from a family of well-established bankers in Strasbourg, France. He also was socially prominent due to his wealth and blood-ties to the Rothschild. In 1827, Alphonse’s older brother, Thèodore, converted to Catholicism and entered the priesthood, thus breaking with his family whose hopes now lay in … Read more