The American TFP 
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition Family and Property (TFP) decries the advertisement offering a statue of the Blessed Mother called “Extra Virgin,” wrapped in a contraceptive “veil of latex” that appeared in the December 5 issue of the Jesuit weekly magazine America. The brutal insensitivity of the statue and … Read more
On December 18, nearly 250 local supporters and friends of the American TFP gathered at the group’s national headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, for this year’s Christmas open house. The reality that Christ’s birth should be at the center of the holiday, was a consideration that greatly influenced this year’s celebration. During … Read more
On Saturday, December 3, the TFP Washington Bureau was filled with friends and supporters who braved a blustery winter night to hear a presentation on the hard-hitting book just authored by the TFP Committee on American Issues, Rejecting The Da Vinci Code: How a Blasphemous Novel Brutally Attacks Our Lord and the … Read more
When Terrence McNally’s work Corpus Christi shows at the University of Nebraska’s Studio Theatre on December 1-3, it will generate plenty of controversy and negative publicity. Wherever it is staged, the blasphemous play, which portrays Our Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles as homosexuals, always triggers protests from deeply offended Catholics who … Read more
As part of campaign against Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) is holding promotional talks for its new book. During the November 4-6 weekend, American TFP Vice President John Horvat launched the book in Topeka, Kans. and St. Louis. The … Read more
When TFP supporters in St. Louis heard that pro-homosexual activists would be gathering on the steps of the city’s Catholic Cathedral on November 7, they immediately thought of an act of reparation. An obscure group called Catholic Action Network for Social Justice was calling for a National Week of Prayer and … Read more
On Sunday, October 16, protesters gathered outside Unity Village in Lee’s Summit, Missouri where “Gnostic fiction historian” Margaret Starbird spoke about a Saint Mary Magdalene quite different from that of Church tradition. Ms. Starbird is cited as a significant influence on Dan Brown’s bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, which asserts Christ married … Read more
The book, The Da Vinci Code, is bad enough. However, now this bestseller is soon to be made into a major movie by Columbia Pictures. To combat the movie before it hits the screens, the America Needs Fatima campaign is asking its supporters to join together and send hundreds of thousands of … Read more
A Filial Supplication to the Unknown Pope As the funeral of His Holiness John Paul II comes to a close, the Catholic world, after manifestations of mourning and sorrow, now enters a period of reflection, prayer and hope, looking forward to the conclave. The large crowds that spontaneously flocked to the Eternal … Read more
In face of the starvation death of Terri Schiavo, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) has registered its “indignant protest and heartfelt mourning” at the shameful and incomprehensible Schiavo tragedy. In a letter to Governor Jeb Bush, American TFP president Raymond Drake emphasized the organization’s total … Read more