Is Hell Really A Deterrent To Crime?

Is Hell Really A Deterrent To Crime? 2

A recent study by psychology Professor Azim F. Shariff from the University of Oregon, supports in part what the Catholic Church has been teaching for the last 2,000 years about justice and Hell. Professor Shariff made a comprehensive analysis of 26 years of data involving 143,197 people from 67 countries and discovered … Read more

True Glory Can Only Be Born of Pain

True Glory Can Only Be Born of Pain 1

From every side of the parade grounds, with habitual and quite natural enthusiasm, a huge crowd watches a trooping of the Queen’s Royal Grenadiers in their ceremonial uniforms. New military tactics forced uniforms like these into obsolescence long ago. Nevertheless, these black trousers, red coats with white belts, gloves and ornaments topped … Read more

The Stunning Story of Blessed José

The Stunning Story of Blessed José 1

In 1927, Catholic Mexico was immersed in a violent storm of religious persecution. The President of Mexico at that time was a despot named Plutarco Calles. His hatred for the Church had no limits. He killed priests and burned churches. In legitimate self defense, countless Catholics took up arms to defend their … Read more

For Catholics, the Contraception Mandate Is Unacceptable

For Catholics, the Contraception Mandate Is Unacceptable 2

The HHS mandate requiring health plans, including those of Catholics, to provide contraceptives and abortifacients has created a clear opposition between this Administration and the Catholic faith. Indeed, if a Catholic does not have the right to practice morals according to the dictates of nature and Revelation, then his freedom to be … Read more

March for Life in Reading Draws Hundreds

March for Life in Reading Draws Hundreds 1

Hundreds of pro-lifers spent their Sunday afternoon on May 20 attending the second annual March for Life in Reading, Pennsylvania. The TFP’s Holy Choirs of Angels Band provided rousing patriotic music for the two-mile trek as marchers made their way through the streets of Reading to their final destination, Holy Rosary Catholic Church. … Read more

Is It Never Licit to Judge Others?

Is It Never Licit to Judge Others? 3

In today’s ambience of philosophical and moral relativism in which we live, whenever we criticize objectively immoral actions or behaviors such as abortion, homosexual acts, adultery, and so forth, we often hear someone citing the words of the Divine Saviour, “Judge not.” The Absurdity of Not Judging Yet a literal and out … Read more

TFP Leads Protest as Pro-Abortion Kathleen Sebelius Goes to Georgetown

TFP Leads Protest as Pro-Abortion Kathleen Sebelius Goes to Georgetown 3

Introducing pro-abortion HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to Georgetown’s graduating class of 2012, the Dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) said: “She works every day to improve access to health care for our nation’s children…” However, the dean ignored the truth: Sebelius promotes pro-abortion policies that turn the womb into the … Read more

First March For Life in Rome Far Exceeds Expectations

First March For Life in Rome Far Exceeds Expectations 2

More than 150 Italian and European pro-life associations joined together as over 15,000 people participated in the first March for Life in Rome on May 13. Thousands of enthusiastic youth who affirmed Catholic teaching against abortion formed part of the crowd that drew almost three times the number expected.  The pro-life group, … Read more

What is Tolerance?

What is Tolerance? 2

When it comes to tolerance, confusion reigns supreme. Everyone talks about it, but few seem to know exactly what it is. What, then, is tolerance? Imagine a man with two sons, one with sound principles and a strong will and the other with undecided principles and a vacillating will. One day there … Read more

Mother

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The word family indicates a plurality of persons. There is another word, one of special significance, that indicates just one person: Mother. A mother is the quintessence of a family, for she is the quintessence of love, the quintessence of affection and, therefore, the quintessence of goodness and mercy. It is in … Read more