Moving the Faith to the Public Square

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""""[vc_column_text] In preparation for this year’s March for Life, TFP Student Action held a two-day seminar for college students, which ended with the annual March for Life in Washington D.C. The event was held at the TFP national headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania and attended by students from as far away as … Read more

Carrying a Big Stick

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Of all the world’s problematic regimes, North Korea certainly ranks among the worst. This has been manifested recently in their tests of long-range missiles and nuclear arms, both of which are forbidden under current agreements with the rogue nation. On a more personal note, the recent arrest and sentencing of American journalists … Read more

Suffering and the Little Way

Suffering and the Little Way

  The following text is taken from an informal lecture Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira gave on July 16, 1970. It has been translated and adapted for publication without his revision. –Ed. There is a valuable deposition from the canonization of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, given by her sister Celine. … Read more

Seeking the True Joy of Christmas

Let Us Fight Against the Silent War on Christmas

The state of world events is so uncertain that it is impossible to know the conditions in which we will celebrate Christmas or what the New Year will bring. This is a Christmas in which Americans are filled with uncertainty, trials and insecurity. One could rightly ask: “Is it proper to have … Read more

Medieval Paternalism and Progressivist Neo-Slavery

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What should be thought of the quotes below? “Whereas the interest in and tendency toward maximum productivity continue to be dominant and absolute, private property has ceased to be a projection of the individual, a kind of necessary support of his individuality in the world of things, to become – this is … Read more

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: His Early Years

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: His Early Years

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

Two Ways of Looking at Country Life

Two Ways of Looking at Country Life

It is six o’clock in the evening. The toil of the day has come to an end. The noble tranquility of the atmosphere envelops the vastitude of the fields, inviting one to repose and meditation. Nature is transfigured by a golden twilight, making everything glow with a remote and suave reflection of … Read more

Two Paintings, Two Mentalities, Two Doctrines

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""[vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”9620″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://tfp.org/about-our-lady/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”9621″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://tfp.org/plinio-correa-de-oliveira/”][/vc_column][/vc_row]""""[vc_column_text]Indulge in an exercise of fantasy, and suppose that by rewinding the thread of bygone centuries it has become possible for you to return to the time of Christ and walk into a room of the Holy Family’s … Read more

The Termite Man

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I know the case of an old farmer of São Paulo, the master of a vast coffee plantation and of a spacious mansion, square-shaped with two floors, a door in the center and windows of equal size throughout the facade. No external decoration. The farmer, as is traditionally the case in Brazil, … Read more