John Horvat II 
Over 100 local supporters and friends seeking a traditional Christmas atmosphere in anticipation of the coming of the Christ Child attended the 17th annual Christmas Open House, held at the national headquarters of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania on December 20. … Read more
In yet another crushing defeat for the pro-homosexual movement, the New York State Senate decisively rejected by a 38-to-24 margin a bill that would have forced same-sex “marriage” upon New Yorkers. The issue is essentially dead until the next legislative session in 2011. TFP volunteers campaign for Traditional Marriage in New York The … Read more
When in 2007, Belmont Abbey College discovered abortion, contraception and voluntary sterilization were accidentally included in its medical insurance policies, it logically took steps to remove such coverage that gravely offends the Catholic morality and conscience. The 18 Benedictine monks operating the small college and living in a 142-year-old monastery in the … Read more
According to press reports, homosexual groups in Spain published a calendar that has horrific blasphemies against Our Lady of Fatima and other Marian apparitions. Besides a man that is practically naked alongside Our Lady, the calendar has “images that are based on famous works of sacred art, especially apparitions of the Virgin … Read more
A TFP National Conference is always an exciting event but this year’s gathering had a touch of the dramatic. On the opening day, the pleasant autumn weather took a turn for the worse when a storm swept over the area. The outdoor tent where the talks were delivered was buffeted by wind … Read more
In looking for a place for a Public Square Rosary Rally, it is hard to find a more public place than Fifth Avenue. Every hour, tens of thousands of people walk up and down this most famous street as they go about their affairs. Tourists from all over the world fill the … Read more
“We all came here form different places but we are united,” commented one Slovakian conservative at the closing banquet of the 2009 International Student Conference. This sense of unity would seem very hard to imagine to the superficial observer who would see people from such diverse places speaking so many different languages. … Read more
As I sat down in the train for the final leg of my trip to Lourdes, I could not help but reflect that this was a trip repeated so many times by tens of millions of pilgrims from all over the world over the last 150 years. They had made this same … Read more
It is almost in an atmosphere of the Emperor’s New Clothes that we dare to comment on the recent death of Michael Jackson. As the eulogies come streaming in from all sides, highlighting his musical career and bizarre personal life, few are the voices that cry out like the little child that … Read more
There is a war that is very little noted in the media. Like all modern wars, civil liberties and the lives of innocent bystanders, often small children, are at stake. However, this war is not in some faraway land. It takes place inside America itself and is a war upon the family, … Read more