How can the World hate Him who went about doing Good?

“Catolicismo”, April 1960 (*) HERE we see a picture by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), The Crowning of Thorns, preserved in the Museum of Ghent, Belgium. Five men gather around the Divine Redeemer, tied up and mockingly dressed in purple. In the foreground, a man offers Him a stick as a scepter, and at the […]

Suppliant Omnipotence – The Incarnation of the Word

In an act of His infinite goodness, the Incarnation of the Word in the most pure bosom of Mary, God created the links that bound Himself to mankind. And Mary, becoming His Mother, likewise became the spiritual Mother of all men. Thus, when she petitions her Divine Son for us, it is as a mother […]

Understanding the Richness of the Angelus (March 25th)

The Angelus is a very brief, eminently logical and well made three-point meditation on the Incarnation. The first meditation is: The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, and she conceived of the Holy Spirit. The second one is: Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word. The third […]

My Old Acquaintance, The Unimaginable

Whenever I see the façade of the Cathedral of Cologne, in the depths of my soul I perceive the encounter of two seemingly contradictory impressions. On one hand, it is a reality so beautiful that, if I didn’t know it [personally], I wouldn’t be capable of dreaming of it. But, on the other hand, something […]

American TFP Newsletter & Crusade Magazine – collection (1979 – 1999)

  American TFP Newsletters 1979, Vol. 1, No. 9 – 1983, Vol. 3, No. 14   American TFP Newsletters 1983, Vol. 3, No. 15 – 1986, Vol. 4, No. 19   American TFP Newsletters 1986, Vol. 4, No. 20 – 1991, vol. 5, No. 7   Crusade for a Christian Civilization (Magazine) 1974   Crusade […]

In Defense of Catholic Action

With a foreword by Archbishop B. Aloisi Masella, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil and later Cardinal Camerlengo of the Roman Catholic Church. A keen analysis of the first stages of the leftist infiltration of Catholic Action, this work was highly praised in a letter written on behalf of Pope Pius XII by Archbishop G. B. Montini, Substitute Secretary of State of the Holy See, and later Pope Paul VI