Since the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, the unthinkable has happened for the pro-abortion movement. What should have been a simple matter riding on the coattails of the Sexual Revolution of the sixties has become a moral and political quagmire. Pro-abortion advocates have lost their vision with no exit strategy in sight. … Read more
From January 8-13, the American TFP’s sister organization in Peru, Tradicion y Accion por un Perú Mayor, held a seminar of Catholic formation for students near the ancient and historical city of Cuzco. This second annual week of lectures, prayer, recollection, and visits to local religious and historical sites inspired its participants … Read more
America Needs Fatima (ANF) finished 2006 with two initiatives it hopes will set the tone for 2007. First, the campaign sent out 85,000 Saint Christopher medals to its supporters across the nation. As Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers, it hopes these medals will help protect its members on their … Read more
Latinobarómetro, an annual public opinion survey covering Latin America, has just published findings showing that every one of the newly-elected leftist candidates in the region has needed “votes from the political center for their election, since the left does not command sufficient votes of its own.” The survey also finds that “paradoxically, … Read more
Most people think of a New Year’s Eve gathering as a sort of “carnival” when everyone at least partially puts aside the just restrictions of God’s law and Catholic customs. Drunkenness, immorality, gluttony and uninhibited childish behavior are sadly how many “celebrate” the New Year. Others prefer to stay at home and … Read more
For the participants of the 2006 TFP Call to Chivalry winter camp, the year ended well. Though shorter than TFP summer camps, it was a good opportunity to meet together and refresh the ideals that unite those struggling to be Catholic young men. This year’s camp was especially privileged with a visit … Read more
On December 17, around 300 local supporters, friends and neighbors of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) met at the group’s national headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania for its annual Christmas Open House. This year’s open house was especially privileged by the presence of His Highness … Read more
Venezuela: Chavez and “Syncretic Socialism” A contradictory and ambiguous mix of religion, anarchism, indigenism, communism, and post-Gramscian strategies of the World Social Forum (WSF) 1. In his first speech after the election of December 3, Venezuela’s president-reelect, Hugo Chavez, set the goal for his new mandate while hinting at the obstacles he … Read more
Ecuador’s Dilemma: President-elect Correa to Decide Between “Evo-Chavism” and “Ortega-Lulism?” Ecuador’s President-elect Rafael Correa will be stepping on eggshells to avoid irritating centrists whose votes he managed to secure with a last-minute makeover in the likeness of Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega and Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The move gave him the … Read more
Kansans might have thought they had heard everything about the “Little Way” of Saint Thérèse. Many were surprised when attending a lecture given at two venues by TFP member Norman Fulkerson, titled: “Applying the Little Way of Saint Thérèse to Our Fatima Times.” Forty-five people attended a December 7 meeting in Topeka, … Read more