History of Western Civilization

Pius IX now saw that liberal, democratic, and nationalist governments could be even more anti-Catholic than traditionally regalist ones. For all forms of governments engaged in anti-Catholic activities, the Pope’s...

Holy Roman Emperors like Frederick II, the Kings of France and England, and even some noblemen saw themselves as having religious responsibilities in the political realm. When this was combined...

But what were the problems of this world? Dr. John Rao shows that they involved an effort to build multicultural unity on the basis of submission to a divinized state....

Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro explains St. Alphonsus Marie de Liguori’s teaching and moral theology. Jansenist rigorists caused many problems for Catholic moral teachers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. St. Alphonsus’...

Dr. John Rao describes the influence of different modern Islamic developments for places like Asia and Africa, where Moslems are so militant today. Again, the ability of certain militant Moslem...

Mr. Michael Davies shows that St. John Fisher understood where Luther’s arguments regarding Faith, Scripture, and the Eucharist would lead. Fisher was perhaps the greatest Catholic theologian confronting Luther in...

Fr. John Perricone introduces us to Martyrs of the 20th Century. Did you know that the 20th century has produced many more martyrs than any other century? Father Perricone is...

Dr. David Allen White introduces Chaucer, telling his life and focusing on his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales. Dr. White explains the connection between Chaucer and the works of Dante, Boccaccio,...

Dr. WIlliam Marra, in his penultimate lecture, explains Saint Augustine’s complex teachings on God. Saint Augustine teaches how God does not need any creature, to exist Himself, but only creates...

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...