A parish priest that I know, like a good shepherd, ever vigilant for his flock, recommended, Turn Off Your Mind, to me to gain a better understanding of the depths of the cultural and moral crisis afflicting our society. This book was written by the founder of the rock and roll group … Read more
The truth is refreshing. This is much more so in our day and age when it has become fashionable to distort and hide it, or even deny that it exists. Thus, when someone claims to “lay it on the line” and “tell it the way it is,” he invariably draws a following. … Read more
So many students and parents had trusted Notre Dame’s new president, Fr. John I. Jenkins, would restore moral order on campus by stopping two blatant anti-Catholic events from occurring year after year: “Queer Film Festival” and “V-Monologues.” However, hopes that Notre Dame would ban immoral events were shattered on April 5, when … Read more
In today’s cultural war, those opposed to Christian values often test the resolve of those who believe in them. This was the case of twenty-five friends and supporters of the American TFP and its America Needs Fatima campaign were on hand to protest a nudist production about to take place on a … Read more
Pro-family Americans must vigorously oppose abortion. Our future society depends on the strength of the family. If abortion continues destroying it and morality is not boldly defended, America will eventually disintegrate as a nation. Since the legalization of abortion in 1973, over 42 million unborn children have been killed, more than the … Read more
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) has issued the following statement about the November 18 decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court finding no constitutional impediments for same-sex “marriage” in the Commonwealth: “The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) registers its … Read more
It is not often one can pray the rosary aloud walking through New Orleans’ French Quarter. But then again, I was not on an ordinary tour of the city. There are two ways visitors can experience Louisiana. You can take the beaten path that so often appears in the pages of major … Read more
The Catholic Church in America is facing one of the worst crises in its history. As in all catastrophes, the landscape is mired in chaos and disorder. Torrents of newsprint have exposed the sexual-abuse scandals but also have devastated the confidence of the faithful. The urgent calls for drastic reforms coming from … Read more
Last year, responding to the blatant contradiction of the so-called pro-choice Catholics, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) issued its statement, “Abortion: A Real Slaughter of the Innocents Is Being Carried Out Every Day Throughout the World.” The declaration, published as a half-page advertisement in The … Read more
ANNUM INGRESSI APOSTOLICAL LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIII TO ALL THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD LEO XIII., POPE Venerable Brothers, Health and Apostolic Benediction. HAVING come to the twenty-fifth year of our Apostolic Ministry, and being astonished ourselves at the length of the way which … Read more