When Perseverance Pays Off

When Perseverance Pays Off

The recent closing of the last abortion clinic in South Dakota is a landmark for the pro-life movement in the United States. Since 1973, when Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, over 48,000,000 babies have been killed, roughly three-quarters of the population of the United Kingdom. In 2005, a South Dakota law passed, … Read more

Students United at Conference in Germany

“What I liked about the summer conference was that everyone was on the same page,” remarked one American student. “We came from all over but we were all united in thought.” Such sentiments reflected those of many participants at the TFP’s 2008 Eighth International Student Summer Conference (Université d’été) in Kleinheubach, Germany. … Read more

A Link with the Left

A Link with the Left

Words can have a magical effect on people. Their simple usage can even change the way the public views people and positions. Long ago, the left figured this out and has taken full advantage of the fact. Thus, when homosexuals became “gays” and pro-abortionists became “pro-choicers” their status somehow improved, in spite … Read more

Largest Ever Louisiana Summer Camp: United in the Faith

It sounded like a crowd at a stadium as the cheering filtered through the Louisiana woods. It was not, however, a normal sporting event. Rather it was the closing “medieval games” at a Call to Chivalry camp where two teams of boys were pitted against each other in feats of prowess and … Read more

Wholesome Regionalism and Leveling Cosmopolitanism

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The following text is taken from an informal lecture Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira gave on December 10, 1970. It has been translated and adapted for publication without his revision. – Ed. There is an interesting passage in Saint Thérèse’s famous Story of a Soul, in which she speaks of the cultural … Read more

The Prophet Daniel and the Beauty of Death

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The following text is taken from an informal lecture Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira gave on July 20, 1968. It has been translated and adapted for publication without his revision. – Ed. July 21 is the feast of the Prophet Daniel. The last words that the angel said to him were: “But … Read more

Reparation in Cincinnati: “Our Lady Sent the Rain…”

On June 26, over 70 Catholics joined the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and its America Needs Fatima campaign in front of the New Stage Collective in Cincinnati to protest the blasphemous work, “Jerry Springer: The Opera in Concert.”It was not an ordinary protest. It began … Read more