On the anniversary of the birth of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian TFP and inspirer of TFP sister organizations around the world, the American TFP web site offers its readers a biographical sketch of this man who was truly a “crusader of the twentieth century.” Written in the 1970s, … Read more
Nestled in the foothills of the Austrian Alps stands the historic fourteenth-century Carthusian Charterhouse in Gaming. Since medieval times, the monastery has weathered the storms of history. It has seen good times and bad; stability and revolution; peacetime and war. Thus, the Charterhouse was a fitting site for Seventh International Student Summer … Read more
Throughout the year, the Fatima Custodians for the pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima make home visits where they ask those who attend our presentations to write down their prayer petitions to Fatima. These petitions are then personally sent to Fatima. With this in mind, on July 17, 2007, my fellow … Read more
October 3rd is the anniversary of the death of Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, and the inspirer of the TFP movement worldwide. He was a man of unyielding faith, wholly consumed with a burning love for Our Lord … Read more
Address of Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira for the Launching of the American Edition of His Book, Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites Distinguished Chairman, Mr. Morton Blackwell, Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduchess Monica of Austria, Your Grace, Duke of Maqueda, illustrious writer of the preface to the Spanish edition of the book … Read more
I am a convinced Thomist. The aspect of philosophy that most attracts me is the philosophy of history. In view of this I find the connection between the two kinds of activity to which I have dedicated my life: study and action. I have exercised the latter in a very defined field, … Read more
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
The momentous summit of the chief executives of the American states — with the well-merited exclusion of the Cuban — is an opportune occasion for the Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) in the Americas to convey their convictions, apprehensions, and hopes in regards to our hemisphere and … Read more