The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the American TFP, I commend you for Attorney General Ashcroft’s decision yesterday to reinstate the DEA’s original determination under the Controlled Substances Act that the prescription … Read more
September 15 is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. About this day, Dom Prosper Guéranger comments how Our Lady, whom God predestined to be the Mother of His Son, was united in her person to the life, mysteries and suffering of Jesus, so that she might be a faithful cooperator in … Read more
In an August 11 statement, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) criticized President Bush’s recent statement on federally funded embryonic stem cell research on existing stem cell lines. It qualified the compromise as a decision that has opened “a veritable Pandora’s box of moral, ethical and … Read more
In a letter to President George W. Bush, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) commended the Administration for its “forthright, frank and courageous position” in deterring UN efforts to prohibit civilian possession of small arms. The TFP took note of comments by Mr. John Bolton, Under … Read more
In face of June 7 elections which centered on economic issues, the Society for the Defence of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) in the United Kingdom issued a statement on the lack of ideological and moral content of the electoral debate. The statement “Are We To Be Treated As a Nation With … Read more
I. The Papacy: a factor of division or unity? For a long time now certain theological currents and Church personalities, in the name of a heterodox interpretation of episcopal collegiality, have been proposing a change in the monarchical constitution of the Church so as to reduce the Pope’s authority to that of … Read more
Latin American revolutions are often bloody affairs. Images of Che Guevara-type guerrillas backed by Soviet military hardware and overthrowing corrupt regimes are the stuff of outdated and maudlin Marxist mythology. Such images are old hat. South of the border, something new is emerging. Today’s guerrillas are on the Internet. They are armed … Read more
To hear about the great counter-revolutionary Pope Pius IX, American TFP friends and supporters filled the auditorium at the TFP Washington Bureau in McLean, Virginia. The January 27 talk, “Blessed Pius IX: A Pope for All Seasons” was delivered by Prof. Roberto de Mattei, noted writer, lecturer, and president of the Lepanto … Read more
There was something different about the March for Life 2001 in Washington D.C. this January 22. It was not the fact that the 27th such march held on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade attracted an especially large crowd of well over 120,000 marchers from all over the country. Nor was it … Read more
More than 400 people came together for the 10th Annual Speak Out Illinois conference in Chicago on January 13th to strategize on how to turn back the abortion culture. Forty-five anti-abortion and pro-family organizations took part, among them the American Society for the Defense of Tradtion, Family and Property (TFP). The conference … Read more