Thanksgiving has become a secular holiday. It is a time for family get-togethers, sports events and shopping trips. There is some, but not enough giving of thanks on Thanksgiving. Moreover, when gratitude is felt, it frequently remains just a feeling that is not directed toward a good and personal God. Then too, … Read more
The award-winning book Return to Order, written by American author John Horvat II, has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese. The book analyzes the present-day crisis and proposes solutions based on the concept of an organic Christian society. The Livraria Petrus imprint has published the new edition in São Paulo, Brazil. The book … Read more
The following article is the foreword of the Portuguese edition of John Horvat’s book, Return to Order. The author is His Imperial Highness, Crown Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza. The outspoken Prince introduces the book to the Brazilian public with observations that will also prove helpful to other readers. * * * I am pleased … Read more
On February 8 and 15, the Italian Associazione Tradizione Famiglia Proprietà (TFP) held book launchings at its offices in Milan and Rome. They presented the ground-breaking book Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go. The book … Read more
Contact: John Horvat II Phone: (717) 309-7147 [email protected] VERONA, Italy, January 5, 2024—The award-winning book Return to Order will be published for the first time in Italian. Written by American scholar John Horvat II, the work will be available in Italian bookstores on January 5. The well-known Italian Catholic publishing house Fede … Read more
“Order is the first need of the soul” — Russell Kirk. Given that the current crisis is principally economic in nature, an economic theme constitutes the main focus of this aptly named book. Without descending to the level of a technical treatise, John Horvat (see website here) offers an analysis of a … Read more
Many talk of the threat of civil war in an increasingly polarized America. The antipathy of the left for the right has certainly reached a high level of irrationality and vitriol. No area of culture and politics is exempt, as conflicts seem to have sprung out spontaneously over the past few decades, … Read more
In early June, the American TFP set out with an ambitious goal. They planned to pray the rosary publicly at every state capital and in as many US territories as possible. In the face of the overwhelming chaos and confusion that currently reigns in America, these prayers would ask the Blessed Mother … Read more
In Augusta, Maine, a caravan of volunteers raised a red standard in front of the State House. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) is sponsoring a tour of all fifty states, praying the Holy Rosary in front of each capitol building. The message of the rallies … Read more
“It normally rains a lot here in Juneau,” an Alaskan nodded while surveying the sky. “In fact, it’s been raining straight these past three weeks. But now, all of a sudden, these last two days, we just got clear blue skies. You folks are lucky.” The sun shone brightly on the morning … Read more