Catholic Perspective | TFP

Iraqi Catholics: “We’d Rather Die Than Convert to Islam”

by Luis Dufaur May 10, 2017October 20, 2014

“It is better to die than to pervert ourselves,” Iraqi Catholics fleeing from Islamist terrorists bravely told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. Despite idyllic beliefs and ecumenical illusions, radical Islamists who embrace Allah’s supposedly “peaceful religion” are brutally slaughtering not only Christians but also Muslims not deemed sufficiently faithful. Catholics, however, … Read more

Defending the Seal of Confession: The American TFP Sounds the Alarm

by Ben Broussard December 21, 2016October 1, 2014

Washington, DC– On September 25, 2014, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) filed an Amicus Curiae Brief with the United States Supreme Court supporting the petitioners in Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Baton Rouge vs. Mayeux, a case that concerns the Seal of Confession … Read more

Commentary on Saint Augustine’s Prayer to the Holy Ghost

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira August 25, 2017September 30, 2014

Commentary by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira on Saint Augustine’s Prayer to the Holy Ghost

“O Love Divine, O sacred bond that unites the Father and the Son, almighty Spirit, faithful Consoler of the afflicted, penetrate the profound depths of my heart and make Thy resplendent light shine therein. Pour out Thy sweet dew upon this desert land to end its long aridity. Send forth the heavenly … Read more

No Homosexual Group Belongs in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

by The American TFP March 14, 2019September 12, 2014

“Will Everything Come to the Same End as Sodom and Gomorrah?” Saint Patrick (387-461) is undoubtedly one of the Church’s greatest and most popular saints. The apostle of Ireland is known for his zeal, countless miracles, and spectacular conversions. He is venerated not only on the Emerald Isle, of which he is … Read more

Four Ways to Overturn the Rule of Money

by John Horvat II December 17, 2020August 28, 2014

With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, a change in society’s perception of value began to take place. The almighty dollar became the de facto measure of worth, and factors that could not be quantified monetarily began to get phased out of the equation. Elements such as beauty, craftsmanship, uniqueness and heritage … Read more

Padre Pio Bilocated to a Communist Dungeon

by Luis Dufaur September 23, 2017August 28, 2014

Vaticanist Andrea Tornielli has published on the Vatican Insider site a serious testimony about Padre Pio’s bilocation to the Hungarian dungeon where Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty was imprisoned in the fifties. The Hungarian anticommunist cardinal was a fierce adversary of the Vatican policy of detente toward Communist governments known as Ostpolitik. Here is … Read more

In France, Children of Non-Catholic Parents Ask for Baptism

by Gregorio Vivanco Lopes April 26, 2018July 30, 2014

If you see beautiful and tasty apples growing on a hawthorn bush, know that it was not this rough bush that produced them but a miracle of God. If you see a beautiful singing nightingale hatch from the egg of a serpent, know that it was not the serpent that beget it … Read more

Interview with Dr. Samuel Gregg: “Culture Drives History, Societies and Economic Life”

by John Horvat II December 3, 2020July 28, 2014

Dr. Samuel Gregg is director of research at the Acton Institute. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, ethics in finance, and natural law theory. He has authored several books including Becoming Europe: Economic Decline, Culture, and How America Can Avoid a European Future, and most … Read more

Break the Seal of Confession or Rot in Jail!

by The American TFP December 21, 2016July 16, 2014

Court orders Catholic Priest to Violate his Sacred Vow If a decision of the Louisiana Supreme Court holds, the Seal of Confession will soon be a thing of the past. The doors will be open for all priests to be called before tribunals to testify about what they heard from their penitents. … Read more

Vietnam Sees a Wave of Adult Conversions

by Luis Dufaur December 21, 2016July 15, 2014

In Vietnam, the emptiness brought by atheistic communism is producing effects similar to those in China by attracting many souls to the Catholic Church. In Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon and the country’s largest city, 680,000 of its 9 million inhabitants are Catholic and their numbers are growing to the … Read more