Our nation is beset by many challenges. Some of them are big enough that they threaten the nation’s very existence.

From both the right and the left, there are calls for secession – literally to tear the United States apart. The idea is that the red states and the blue states have so little in common that they should just split apart. This so-called solution is simplistic. It can never work.

At the same time, the left is trying to eliminate the Electoral College. That would place undue power in a few large cities and take many small states out of the process of electing the president altogether.

Accomplishing either of these goals would be disastrous.

Today, we are bringing you success stories, which is the reason that we titled this episode Victory Laps – Remembering and Celebrating Success Against Socialists, Leftists, and Modernists.

Anyone who watches the so-called mainstream media can tell that the left is losing and that they know it. As their position deteriorates, their language becomes more outrageous. They hope that the excess of words will convince both their enemies and followers that they are winning.

We present four examples of leftist loss to the forces, including the American TFP, that work to defend traditional values.

Many modern historians dismiss the work of great men. Real history, they claim, arises from the everyday experiences of the common people.

Certainly, the everyday lives of people are important. However, this theory of history overlooks the fact that a few great people have influenced history far beyond that of millions of the common people.

One of those great men – perhaps the greatest of the great men – is Charlemagne.

Charlemagne was far more than a fantastically successful military leader in the mold of Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar. Charlemagne picked up the political pieces of the ancient Roman Empire, welding them into a new empire that would last for a thousand years. In so doing, he also protected the Church.

In October of 1972, Professor Plinio Correa de Olivera spoke of Charlemagne and his role in history.

Today, The Return to Order Moment brings you that talk.

Religion and culture are undeniably linked. However, some say that religion is a part of culture, and others say that culture grows out of religion.

Those who argue that religion is merely a part of the culture are really saying that there is no true religion at all. Religion, they assert, is dynamic and must change when the cultural climate changes.

At the TFP and Return to Order, we take the opposite position. Insofar as the Catholic religion defines the relationship that connects us to Our Creator, it comes before all other connections. Therefore, when Catholicism and culture clash, Holy Mother Church must prevail.

This episode of the Return to Order Moment considers the implications of that clash.

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One of the many unfortunate fruits of the so-called “Spirit of Vatican II” was something called “Liberation Theology.”

A product of the overheated period after the disruptions of the late sixties, this school of thought promised to reconcile Catholicism and Socialism. Of course, such a reconciliation is impossible in that no one can reconcile truth and lies. By the early eighties, Liberation Theology appeared to have run its course.

However, with Pope Francis, Liberation Theology is back with a vengeance. Many Catholics, however, remain unaware of its dangers.

Mr. Julio Loredo never lost sight of this destructive movement. In April Two Thousand Twenty-two, the American TFP was delighted to release the English translation of his book, titled “Liberation Theology – How Marxism Infiltrated the Catholic Church.”

Today, the Return To Order Moment brings you three excerpts from this book.

Currently, the world faces many crises. Ukraine still dominates the front pages as Vladimir Putin’s atrocities come to light. So-called transgender athletes deliberately cultivate controversy to advance their absurd cause. The Biden administration gropes and blunders its way from misstep to gaffe to catastrophe on a daily basis. Uncertainty about China’s next move makes predicting the future even more hazardous.

In the midst of these squabbles, it is easy to push the pro-life cause away from center stage.

This podcast considers three aspects of the continuing pro-life movement. First, we look at a recent pro-life demonstration in New York City.

Then, we look at the misleading and erroneous claims of the "Whole Life Movement" and its claims to be pro-life.

We conclude with a look at a very precious life that many modern people would argue was not worth living. We will see how profoundly wrong such people would be.

In 1962, the Supreme Court removed prayer from public education in the United States. The result has been disastrous. Ever since that day, the courts have acted as though school students need to be protected from God.

This attitude is both dangerous and ironic.

The danger should be obvious. Without God’s protection, we are open to every type of evil. This podcast will examine two ways in which that evil has become manifest.

That irony is found in the fact that education, as we know it, was designed to bring mankind closer to God. Education should be a search for truth, and God is the ultimate truth. In forgetting that, our schools entered a period of decline.

To read the essays in their original format, please use the following links - Education Declined When We Stopped Searching for God (returntoorder.org), Refuting 9 Lies Used to Push After School Satan Clubs - Return to Order, and How LGBT Activists UnErase History to Fit Their Agenda - Return to Order.

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During the first half of the twentieth century, an anonymous commentator described the importance of culture by comparing the British and the Americans. “An Englishman,” he said, “walks as if he owns the world. An American walks as if he doesn’t CARE who owns the world.”

Assurance has always been the hallmark of the American culture. We might be right or we might be wrong, but we were always sure of ourselves.

That doesn’t appear to be true anymore. A culture of assurance has become a culture of fear. Too many of us are afraid to say what we think. We are afraid of the growing power of the Chinese, global catastrophe, and a deteriorating economy. Our so-called leaders are afraid to make decisions.

This episode of the Return to Order Moment looks at the threats to American culture. It specifically analyzes two very different threats - an unbearably bleak school system and the cruel and demeaning virtual "world" of the Metaverse.

To read the essays in their original written format, please use the following links - What Is Culture? All That Enhances the Human Mind - Return To Order, Do America’s Schools Imprison Our Children in the Depths of Despair? - RTO (returntoorder.org), and The Lonely Metaverse: Virtual Heaven or Cyber-Hell? - Return to Order.

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The media would have you believe that there are only two choices in the race to decide which ideology will rule the future. One is liberalism, which has held sway in the Western world for the last 250 years. The other is Putinism, the self-contradictory set of ideas being advanced by Russia's enigmatic and violent leader.

That is a false dilemma because it leaves out traditional Western Catholic Society.

To read the article in its original format, including footnotes, please use this link: Liberalism vs. Putinism: A False Dilemma - The American TFP.

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No event since World War II has so dominated the attention of the world than Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Supposedly learned commentators on television as well as newspapers and magazines use terms like catastrophe, unprecedented and genocide to impress listeners and readers with the importance of these events.

However, there is a supernatural element that the pundits do not mention. The most likely reason is that the powers behind the media do not believe in anything that they cannot see or touch. This materialist attitude prevents many from seeing the true significance of the battles over the Ukraine.

Today, the Return to Order Moment looks at those supernatural aspects and possible consequences of the invasion.

To read the essays in their original formats, please use these links - Are the Russians on Board with the Fatima Message? - Return to Order, Four Points on Why Russia Invaded Ukraine - Return to Order, and Natural Law and Catholic Morals Do Not Justify Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (returntoorder.org).

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