History of Western Civilization

Dr. John Rao discusses the Teaching Authority Problems West and East (1648-1799) Trent called for solid teaching. There remained, however, problems for identifying whence that solid teaching would come. Dr....

Dr. John Rao explains that the external Crusades had to be accompanied by an internal crusade versus heresy, confused thinking in general, and corruption in the clergy and in the...

Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro’s talks on Isabella is closely connected with the first. It illustrates the Queen’s truly Catholic political policies and makes clear the reasons why Spain became a breeding...

Fr. O’Connor addresses the Church in the modern world. This a most important address wherein Fr. John O’Connor unfolds the trials of the Church in today’s world – this era...

Dr. David Allen White explains the nature and importance of stories in general, as images of the act of Creation, and explores in detail the greatest of the Chansons de...

In this 4th talk, Dr. William Marra tells his listeners about three subjects from Augustine’s Confessions. The first is the constant persistence of temptation, the second is the necessity of...

Father Robert Burns, in this excellent study of Marxism, the supposed “champion of man” shows it’s contrast to true justice as taught by the Church. “The Battle For The Faith”...

Pope Saint Pius X (1903 A.D. – 1914 A.D.) “Our Glorious Popes” is a ten-part series. Listening to Our Glorious Popes will refresh your appreciation of grace in the lives...

Mr. Michael Davies speaks about how England lost the Faith under Elizabeth I. The Tudor Queen Mary restored Catholicism after the Calvinizing period under Edward. She did not live long...

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...

Ancient literature and ancient rhetorical arguments were rediscovered and used by many Humanists from the 1300’s onwards. Dr. John Rao explains that they often now attacked the Christian concern for...

Dr. John Rao first takes a detailed look at the Germanic West at the time of the Papal alliance with the Carolingian Family of the Kingdom of the Franks. He...

Dr. David Berlinski reckons with the scientific system of belief. The great physicists of our age assert that the rational man is atheist. Dr. Berlinski responds that the scope of...

Dr. John Rao discusses Rome, the East and the Monothelite controversy. Highly gifted intellectual and spiritual exiles from the East, like St. Maximus the Confessor, stirred up the Papacy to...

Dr. Thomas Stark shows that the Socialist visions of creation of a New Man and a New Society are a major part of the modern mythology. Dr. Stark demonstrates how...

Dr. William Marra explores the virtue of patriotism and America’s destiny. Dr. Marra explores the nature of Patriotism and its effects and impact on the future of America.

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Christopher Ferrara explains how modern man has been “deconstructed” by the Enlightenment thinkers whose principles dominate our political and social life. John Locke, among many others, is shown to destroy...

Dr. Thomas Woods discusses Progressivism, the work of his doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, since published as a book by Columbia University Press.

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Dr. John Rao explores a variety of issues that put the Papacy in Italy on a collision course with the Empire ruled from Constantinople. Caesaro-Papism on the one hand and...

A population that needed to go on pilgrimage to God had to have a dedicated and purified clergy guiding it. Dr. John Rao speaks of how this involved a fight...