Modernity, Dr. John Rao argues, had intellectually deconstructed itself as much as possible by the end of the nineteenth century. What was left to do was to deconstruct itself politically...
Dr. John Rao shows that Pope Leo XIII to begin with, and Pius X much more so, had to find a way to separate what was merely modern and innovative...
Dr. John Rao continues the previous discussion by illustrating that separation of the modern from modernity involved work on many levels. It included theology, philosophy, biblical exegesis, historical studies, the...
World War I was a disaster that Dr. John Rao shows the Church had long predicted and Pope Benedict was slandered for trying to end it. The Church held only...
What was the Roman School’s “program” in the years 1918-1939? Dr. John Rao illustrates how much this was connected with, on the one hand, Pius XI’s missionary concerns, and, on...
Pius XI spoke of the Roman School’s program as the construction of a New Christendom. This faced many secular obstacles in the form of Marxism-Leninism, Fascism, Nazism, and the continued...
Dr. John Rao deals with the internal Catholic debate over the program of the Roman School in the years 1918-1939. This debate involved theological methodology, missionary activity, political concerns, and...
The internal debate fed on the “vitalist” and “personalist” ideas described by Dr. John Rao in some detail. These claimed that in order to succeed in both the external missionary...
In the American dominated Pluralist world, Catholics were called upon to be anti-communist. This was no problem, as Dr. John Rao admits. Nevertheless, they were also urged not to be...
Dr. John C. Rao (professor of history at St. John’s University and Director of the Roman Forum), explains the topic for the 2017 Gardone, Italy Summer Symposium, “Setting Right a...
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