Mr. Michael Davies tells the riveting story of Thomas a Becket, the 12th Century Archbishop who was first the close friend and Chancellor of King Henry II of England, and...
Dr. John Rao discusses the reactions to Chalcedon and the Monophysite Movement. Monophysites were active in both Egypt and Syria. Eventually they developed a parallel hierarchy which split the Church...
Christopher Ferrara, J.D. shows that the discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics undermine the materialist, Neo-Darwinian creation myth. Now discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics undermine the materialist,...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the development of monasticism. One cannot understand the Fourth Century and the Church’s reaction both to the Constantinian program...
Archbishop Fulton Sheen gives an impressive eulogy for Bishop Cuthbert M. O’Gara – who heroically survived being imprisoned in China. “There he lies like a commando soldier who smashed the...
Dr. Gerald Bradley brilliantly traces the origins of the pervasive secularism and anti-Catholicism that we have today. American moral climate before 1943 was very different than it is now. He...
A discussion by Dr. John Rao of the different centers of early Christianity–Alexandria, Palestine, Antioch, Asia Minor, Rome, and Gaul–and the key Church Fathers and institutions through whose work Christian...
Visigothic, Irish, Benedictine, and Anglo-Saxon influences all came together in Frankish Gaul by the early 700’s. The Carolingian Family came to power in an alliance with the Papacy, which could...
Dr. John Rao discusses the various forces which contributed to a revival of Catholic self-confidence in the years 1800-1848. These involved a number of clerical-lay circles in Germany, France, and...
The High Middle Ages had taught that Christians were involved in an exalted but highly complex, hierarchically-organized pilgrimage to God. Obstacles to completion of that pilgrimage came from all segments...
The Council of Constance finally allowed for the return of a unified Papacy located in Rome. But, as Dr. John Rao explains, the restored Papacy was threatened by Conciliarism, political...
The whole postwar atmosphere, New Theology, the Council, and the post conciliar environment all pushed the Vatican to try to be more friendly with the Soviet Union. It is this...
Dr. John Rao discusses grace, free will, the Missions, Jansenism and Protestant Naturalism. Dr. Rao shows how Jansenism and the concerns of “pietist” Protestants who de-emphasized the importance of doctrine...
Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro discusses the Cristeros movement in Twentieth Century Mexico, a magnificent militant expression of popular Catholic crusading for the Faith against a persecuting secularist, liberal/Marxist Mexican government in...
Mr. Michael Davies talks include readings of selections from the writings of St. John Fisher and Martin Luther. Listeners will be able to judge for themselves the way in which...
Dr. John Rao discusses the motivations and aftereffects of the Enlightenment. In this most important presentation Dr. Rao sheds light on how the ideas ingrained by the Enlightenment–as well as...
“The Wakefield Noah”, a Medieval Mystery Play, is performed by members of the Dietrich Von Hildebrand Institute. Taken from: Christianity in the Late Middle Ages-Early Renaissance – 1996 VonHildebrand Institute
...Mr. Michael Davies discusses the Catholic Doctrine on the Holy Eucharist. Mr. Davies opens his treatment of heresy in the late Middle Ages by discussing the Catholic doctrine of the...
Pope Saint Zachary (741 A.D. – 752A.D.) “Our Glorious Popes” is a ten-part series. Listening to Our Glorious Popes will refresh your appreciation of grace in the lives of men...
Dr. David Allen White discusses the Catholic themes to be found in William Shakespeare, whose life bridges the time between the Catholic-Protestant struggle for the soul of England and Elizabeth’s...
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