October 13 marks the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, the culmination of Our Lady’s apparitions to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. This great miracle, witnessed by more than 70,000 people, was the first time since the Resurrection of Our Lord that God performed a public miracle that … Read more
Many historic parishes around the United States rejected the architectural embellishments that marked them as distinctively Catholic during the roughly thirty years after the Second Vatican Council. Many parishioners mourned as high altars, murals, windows and other features were carted away, covered over, or simply destroyed. Others silently wept as sacred decorations … Read more
The first posters announcing the Emperor Napoleon’s excommunication appeared in Paris in the early summer of 1809. Soon thereafter, the distribution of documents on the relations between France and the Holy See began. Immediately, the French police began their investigations which it hoped would quickly lead to the arrest of those responsible. … Read more
Pro-homosexual activists working inside the Catholic Church used to ask for pastoral openness as a means to gain sympathy for their cause. They knew that as long as Church doctrine defined homosexual acts as intrinsically disordered and gravely sinful, they were limited to cries for “inclusion” and “welcome.” Now, however, activists are … Read more
As we observe the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira—the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and inspirer of all other TFPs around the world—we must pause to consider not only his past life but, above all, what makes him … Read more
As seen in a previous article, the French ultramontanes sent Father Pierre Perreau to Rome to learn about the actual state of relations between the Holy See and France shortly before Pius VII’s arrest. Father Perreau met Cardinal Pacca and his secretary, Monsignor Pedicini. Most likely, they gave him documents laying out … Read more
The pontificate of Saint Gregory VII (1073-1085) (born Hildebrand of Soana) constitutes one of the high points of the Christian Middle Ages. The pinnacle of his pontificate is the Dictatus Papae, a collection of twenty-seven statements defining the pope’s prerogatives and his relationship with temporal authority. In it, Pope Saint Gregory proclaimed the pontiff’s … Read more
In a world where everything is equal, tariffs would be unnecessary. Every place would have the same resources. Everyone would produce the same things at more or less the same price. Consumers would all desire the same products. This terrible world, where all things are equal, would be a bland globalized society … Read more
In light of increasing challenges to the Church’s teachings on the family and marriage, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and twenty-three autonomous sister associations worldwide released “A Filial and Apprehensive Supplication to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.” The document delivered to the Vatican is dated … Read more
Most Holy Father, In view of your recent and auspicious statements in defense of the family and the consistency that Catholics must maintain in public life by upholding the principles of the Faith, the undersigned associations—heirs to the thought and action of the great Brazilian Catholic leader Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira—filially address … Read more