The euphoria over the return of the EP-3 surveillance plane’s crew from China has now subsided. As the dust settles over a bitter standoff that embroiled the nation for eleven long days, we are left with a compelling need to reflect upon this bruising experience. The incident may be over but its … Read more
This year’s March for Life begins in an atmosphere of cautious optimism and great expectations. We do not wish to see this emerging century follow in the blood-stained footsteps of the last. After the long and harsh pro-abortion winter suffered for the past eight years, we hope for a thaw with the … Read more
The steady stream of photos of a smiling Elian Gonzalez reunited with his father could well foster the impression of a happy ending to the sad story of this young Cuban refugee. Were one naive enough to believe this, one might well conclude that the entire matter was a tempest in a … Read more
As we begin the year 2000, the contrast with the early years of the twentieth century could not be more striking. The America of 1900 was a young, vibrant nation full of large healthy families and teeming with immigrants from all nations. It was an America inebriated with the dream of an … Read more
On this, the twenty-sixth annual March for Life, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) commends you for your presence and your perseverance. We are here today to join you in a loud cry of protest on behalf of the innocent life of the unborn child — … Read more
Hawaii is at the threshold of one of the most serious and transcendent events in its history: the November 3 ballot initiative to amend its Constitution to prevent the State Supreme Court from mandating homosexual “marriage.” If voters reaffirm their commitment to the American family, Hawaiians will be able to live according … Read more
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion on demand calls to mind the biggest pack of lies ever set in motion — lies that have cost the lives of more than 37 million innocent babies cruelly torn from their mothers’ wombs. How is it that … Read more
Is Sodomy No Longer a Sin? An Urgent Appeal to Our Ecclesiastical Authorities. And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure (Gen. 13:13). I. False Science, True Evil A Standard of Sin In our dark days, homosexuality, a shameful vice ever abhorred … Read more
The shocking nature of partial-birth abortion has inspired considerable indignation in sectors of public opinion that remain silent about the horror of more common methods of abortion, which claim more than 4,000 innocent lives each day. Abortion of any kind is sufficiently evil to demand our indignation. The very idea of a … Read more
A Tribute to the Great Catholic Counter-Revolutionary Leader Comforted by the Sacraments of the Catholic Church and having received the Apostolic Blessing, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and inspirer of 24 other TFPs and kindred associations around the … Read more