The following article is adapted from John Horvat’s foreword for the book Liberation Theology: How Marxism Infiltrated the Catholic Church written by Julio Loredo de Izcue. ✧ † ✧ Many look at liberation theology as a Latin American phenomenon that need not concern Americans. In 1971, Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian theologian, released the movement’s seminal … Read more
In the context of the book Revolution and Counter-Revolution, we can ask: If there had been a counter-revolutionary tsar, what would his policies have been? First of all, he obviously would have converted to the Catholic Faith and had it established throughout Russia. Then, from the temporal perspective, he should have found … Read more
The Church has natural ways of forming societies to live together in virtue. When people are united in their deep-rooted Faith, organic communities and solutions naturally flourish. One refreshing example is the way pilgrims have developed customs and beautiful traditions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy. … Read more
Many people are familiar with the hallmark red standards and capes of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP). While leftists hate and fear these symbols, those who fight for moral values love them. Why do TFP symbols inspire so much admiration and hatred? What do they … Read more
Russia’s war on Ukraine is changing the geopolitics of the world. The delicate situation calls for agility and improvising to adjust to a crisis that could quickly become ugly. The Biden Administration and Western Europe have imposed sanctions as part of a strategy to end the war. However, the Administration is also … Read more
Ukraine is not the only victim in our times of war and turmoil. The unborn are the innocent victims in the United States, and we must defend them. Thus, on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 2022, members of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) … Read more
The following story is taken from The Virgin Mother of Good Counsel by Msgr. George F. Dillon. It relates the history of the devotion to Our Lady of Good Counsel and her Shrine in Genazzano. In this article, the author explains the need for counsel from Our Lady. The article has been … Read more
The scene was surreal. It was a cold, snowy night, perhaps not unlike the scene associated with the Christmas song, “Silent Night.” The snow fell gently. The weather was frosty. Children held tight to the hands of their parents. Yet, in the town of Moline, Illinois, on March 10, it was far … Read more
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, most of the focus attention has been on the military and humanitarian aspects of the conflict. The war is, after all, a geopolitical earthquake, the worst fighting and refugee crisis on European soil since World War II. It is possible that the war … Read more
Saintly souls often remain hidden from the eyes of the world and are only discovered by chance. In this way, Mary Ann Long is a source of inspiration in much the same way as Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus. Like the “Little Flower,” Mary Ann provides a valuable lesson that anyone … Read more