Pride and Sensuality: Fiducia Supplicans Overturns the Divine Order

Pride and Sensuality: Fiducia Supplicans Overturns the Divine Order

Cardinal Prefect Victor Manuel Fernandez’s statement, Fiducia supplicans (FS), bears some characteristics of Revolutionary thought. Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira would summarize them as pride and sensuality. In fact, the document rejects the order willed by God and submits the intellect and will to sensuality. ✧                    †                    ✧ The document Fiducia supplicans (FS), which … Read more

Confronting the Dangers of Criticizing Putin

Confronting the Dangers of Criticizing Putin

As a writer commenting on all aspects of the culture war, I have written countless articles on problems in the United States. I have criticized the government, education, drugs, fashions, wokeness, LGBTQ themes, globalism, DEI and similar topics. I have never hesitated to acknowledge and condemn those instances where America promotes the … Read more

Why Are We Defending a Decadent West?

Why Are We Defending a Decadent West?

A clash of monumental proportions seems likely as the post-war liberal order breaks down. This could happen if the present flashpoints in Ukraine, Israel, North Korea, and Taiwan expand and involve the major powers and their spheres of influence. Thus, many analysts rightly frame America’s involvement in today’s conflicts as a defense … Read more

A Ray of Hope for the New Year at TFP Student Action Conference

A Ray of Hope for the New Year at TFP Student Action Conference

“I’ve been looking forward to this conference,” said Jesse, a student who joined young men for the annual TFP Student Action Conference in Spring Grove, Penn. The conference was a packed three-day event held by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) over the New Year break, … Read more

The Weaponization of Words: The Case of “Hate Speech”

The Weaponization of Words: The Case of “Hate Speech”

In the aftermath of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, Marxists sought to do the same thing in the West, but something had gone wrong in Marxist theory. According to Marx, the Revolution should have erupted in advanced industrialized countries, like England, not in a backward feudal nation like Russia. Furthermore, the Revolution in … Read more

Remembering the Early Days of the American TFP

The history of an institution often resembles that of a building. We can find analogies between the creation and growth of both. The history of a Catholic-inspired institution more precisely resembles the building of a cathedral. Every truly Catholic institution bears traces of the moral profile of Holy Mother Church from which … Read more

After the French Revolution and Napoleon, French Catholic Leaders Emerge in the Nineteenth Century

After the French Revolution and Napoleon, French Catholic Leaders Emerge in the Nineteenth Century

In the first chapter of his book, Des interêts catholiques au dix-neuvième siècle (Catholic Interests in the Nineteenth Century), describing the situation of the Church in 1800, the Count of Montalembert saw ruins and persecutions everywhere. In that vast shipwreck, he did not see the slightest sign that would justify any hope … Read more

Aiming for Christendom at TFP-Louisiana Conference

Aiming for Christendom at TFP-Louisiana Conference

In an atmosphere of much faith and confidence, Tradition, Family, Property—Louisiana held its 2023 Regional Conference at its headquarters in Lafayette, Louisiana, on February 18. Over 80 friends and supporters came from throughout the state and neighboring Texas. They displayed a determination to fight for the Church, come what may. The conference … Read more