This past Monday, March 26, at Penn State University, the TFP Student Action did a campaign and Campus Rosary Crusade (CRC) in support of the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, who took a principled stance on the immorality of homosexual acts. Joining Student Action were members … Read more
The Bush-Lula Alliance: Questions and Possibilities • By publicly placing his confidence in Brazil’s President Lula, President Bush helps promote the idea of a so-called split between Lula and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. This alienates potential allies in Latin America who harbor doubts about the Brazilian president’s real intentions. 1. From many standpoints, … Read more
The target date is October 13 and the goal is two thousand Public Square Rosary rallies nationwide. At the campaign headquarters near Topeka, Kans., coordinator Francis Slobodnik announced that they had reached a milestone of 1,000 Rosary Rally Captains nationwide and that volunteer help is needed. (See below for details) The American … Read more
In a March 12 interview with the Chicago Tribune, General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made this statement: “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy … Read more
Under pressure from the European Union and its own Socialist Party, a referendum on abortion was held in Portugal in 1998. Pro-life forces managed a narrow victory although the referendum was not legally binding since more than half of the electorate abstained. The Abortionists’ Tactic: To “Fight Clandestine Abortions” Now, over eight … Read more
Conservatives met in Washington, D.C. for the 34th Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel from March 1-3, the conference “was the largest in the 34-year history of the event,” states a press release issued by the American Conservative Union, one of the main organizers. An estimated six … Read more
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., was trained as a neuroscientist at Yale University. After finishing his doctoral work, he worked for Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He studied for the priesthood in Rome, where he focused on bioethics and dogmatic theology. Father Pacholczyk is now director of education and a staff … Read more
After the Elections: Who is Keeping Score?Sports teams expect opponents to score against them. It is all part of the game. The important thing is to amass a steady string of victories to win the championship. The same logic that applies to sports does not seem to apply to politics. In the … Read more
Hype and media coverage often give the impression that leftist organizations make up almost monolithic forces of change against which conservatives can do nothing. This is also true of the so-called progressive Catholic groups whose media projection of their influence and activities often distorts reality. There are, however, times when leftist Catholics … Read more
The air crackled with enthusiasm and expectation when, on March 10, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) hosted the first of a nationwide series of regional one-day conferences in Topeka, Kans. The event also ended with a public recitation of the rosary in front of the … Read more