The recent legislative refusal to put same-sex “marriage” on the Massachusetts ballot has prompted some to question the need to oppose any measures involving public morality. After all, they reason, life goes on regardless of the outcome. As one prominent Catholic couple rejoicing over the ballot initiative’s defeat wrote in a Boston … Read more
Looking at Venezuela’s New Socialism An “explosion of communal power” is going on in Venezuela. It consists of the creation of 18,000 “communal councils” of communist-anarchist inspiration that will replace city government, councils and even functions of the federal government. Chavez and his followers have compared them to the soviets of the … Read more
Lula, Chavez, Cross-eyed Policies and the Diplomacy of the “Lesser Evil” The key to success or renewed failure of American policy in Latin America is to know how to distinguish true and reliable friends with common goals from false friends who promise you the world and deliver nothing Nicholas Burns, American undersecretary … Read more
“Embryonic stem cell research: Thousands killed! Zero cured!” This was a chant reverberating off of the buildings of George Washington University on Feb. 12 as twelve members of TFP Student Action publicly denounced the immorality of embryonic stem cell research. They but also exposes how after twenty years of experimentation and billions … Read more
A rally of reparation and protest will be held in front of the New Orleans’ City Hall on Saturday, February 3. The peaceful protest is in response to blasphemous and indecent floats where the honor and purity of Jesus and Mary were attacked in the 2005 Mardi Gras parade in the French … Read more
On Monday, February 19, Msgr. Michael Schmitz of the Institute of Christ the King visited the TFP Washington Bureau for a talk to friends and supporters. Monsignor Schmitz spoke on “The Classical Roman Rite and the Renewal of the Liturgy. In addition, veteran TFP member Robert Ritchie gave a lively presentation outlining … Read more
Three hundred Catholics gathered in front of New Orleans City Hall to pray and express their outrage for the blasphemous anti-Catholic floats in the French Quarter Mardi Gras promoted by the Krewe du Vieux parade organizers. The peaceful protest specifically responded to attacks on the honor and purity of the Sacred Heart … Read more
On February 3, hundreds of pro-lifers, from Illinois and across the nation, gathered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, just outside Chicago, for this year’s annual SpeakOut Illinois conference, which was titled: “Horizons of Hope: The End of Roe.” The program consisted in a series of lectures and finished with a memorial for the … Read more
The Chavez –Ahmadinejad Alliance: The ‘Axis of Evil’ Gains an ‘Auxiliary Axis’ Dr. Constantine Menges’ predictions of a Cuba-Venezuela-Iran “axis of evil” to dominate Latin America takes on new significance in light of the fact that this axis is now being complemented with an “auxiliary axis” of leftist rulers, who play the … Read more
American pro-lifers have striven to defend the pre-born for the past thirty-four years and the results of their persistence are evident for all: several states have only one abortion clinic, 90% of American counties have none at all and those clinics which remain are closing right and left. After years of struggle, … Read more