Catholic Perspective

The Ten Commandments of Chivalry

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The golden age of Chivalry began with the Crusades to rescue the holy places of Palestine from Moslem domination and to defend the pilgrims enroute to the Holy Land. Léon Gautier in his book Chivalry (La Chevalerie, first published in 1883) summarized the “ancient code of chivalry” of the Middle Ages into … Read more

The American TFP Prays for the Nation on Pilgrimage to Quito

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On a Pilgrimage of Desolation and Growth at Lourdes 7

In today’s fast-moving, chaotic, and sinful world, the Catholic pilgrimage is an extraordinary occasion to implore divine assistance and graces. With this in mind, a delegation of nine full-time volunteers of The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) embarked on a pilgrimage to Quito, Ecuador. The object … Read more

A Victim for the Twentieth Century

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A Victim for the Twentieth Century

During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries there lived in Quito, Ecuador, a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa, a nun of the Conceptionist Order, surpassed the already strict discipline of her congregation in the traditional penances she … Read more

TFP Lecture In Defense of Pius XII

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Over 250 attendees crowded into Washington, D.C.’s elite Cosmos Club on February 16 to hear Professor Roberto de Mattei, president of the Rome-based Centro Culturale Lepanto, refute widespread allegations that Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli) did nothing to stop the Nazi rise to power. At the American TFP sponsored talk, Prof. … Read more

Lessons From the Holy Grotto

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Lessons From the Holy Grotto, by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

In the moral order, the world is composed largely of sinners, selfish creatures who live not to serve God, but to please themselves. These self-serving souls comprise the vast majority of mankind, especially in times of decadence – as were the days of Our Lord, as are our own. In their selfishness, … Read more

Is Sodomy No Longer a Sin?

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The American TFP 10 Reasons Why Homosexual Marriage is Harmful - Free online version

  Is Sodomy No Longer a Sin? An Urgent Appeal to Our Ecclesiastical Authorities. And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure (Gen. 13:13). I.  False Science, True Evil A Standard of Sin In our dark days, homosexuality, a shameful vice ever abhorred … Read more

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Man of Faith and Action

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Man of Faith and Action

A Tribute to the Great Catholic Counter-Revolutionary Leader Comforted by the Sacraments of the Catholic Church and having received the Apostolic Blessing, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and inspirer of 24 other TFPs and kindred associations around the … Read more

The Mobile Immobility of Chaos

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The Mobile Immobility of Chaos

If there is one common denominator in the public and private lives in so many nations today, it is chaos. Chaotic perspectives seem to be multiplying as we head down the road to chaos, which no one really knows where it leads. The enigmatic forces of chaos produce explosions and eruptions that … Read more

On the Verge of a Public Blasphemy!

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The American TFP 10 Reasons Why Homosexual Marriage is Harmful - Free online version

ON THE VERGE OF A PUBLIC BLASPHEMY!   The American TFP Launches a Fervent Appeal — An Open Letter to Universal Pictures Concerning the Film The Last Temptation of Christ   To: Universal Pictures Gentlemen: FOR SOME TIME NOW, reports have circulated about the production of the film, The Last Temptation of … Read more