Fr. Richard Munkelt describes the Enlightenment’s reinterpretation of Natural Law. The Enlightenment insisted that it was simply concerned with what is “natural”. But how do you determine what is a...
Dr. John Rao says that in order to understand modern Holy War, it is essential to grasp the continued divisions and complexity of the modern Islamic world. One of the...
Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro tells of “The Black Legends” which accuse Spain and the Church of bringing untold evils of the New World and its Indian inhabitants. Monsignor Barreiro examines this...
Dr. John Rao looks back at the practices and beliefs to come out of the Enlightenment. Taking his cue from the brilliant work of the late philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand,...
Dr. David Allen White introduces Medieval drama, explaining its various forms, its historical development from tropes inserted within the Mass to full-scale stage plays, and its purpose as an entertaining...
In his final lecture Dr. William Marra wraps up his series by offering an overall view of Confessions and Saint Augustine’s general influence on important Christian thinkers, most especially Saint...
Pope Saint Martin I (649 A.D. – 654 A.D.) “Our Glorious Popes” is a ten-part series. Listening to Our Glorious Popes will refresh your appreciation of grace in the lives...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Plato’s Philosophy of Education. The Renaissance era was that of the rediscovery of Plato. Much of Plato’s work in dialogues like the “Republic” and in...
The nineteenth century Catholic revival was very rich and variegated. Aspects of it had combined together by the turn of the century to create a distinct “Roman School” dominating the...
Mr. Michael Davies’ talks deal with the relationship of Pius VII, Cardinal Consalvi, and Napoleon I. It begins with the tragic death of Pius VI, on the way to exile...
There has been a battle between prominent proponents of rhetoric on one side and philosophers and theologians on the other since the ancient world. Father Richard Munkelt speaks on the...
Mr. Michael Davies recounts the life of Bishop Robert Grosseteste, a little-known intellectual and moral giant of the Middle Ages, who stood up to Pope Innocent IV when the Pope...
Dr. John Rao discusses the contribution of Britain and Ireland. Irish monasticism came to play an essential part in the Christianization of Anglo-Saxon Britain. But so did the influence coming...
Rev. John Hunwicke discusses the mythical character of liberal ideas first developed in Britain and some of thier rather dubious historical associations and claims for moral respectability. Much of the...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world from Arianism to Post-Nicaean Arianism. A final discussion of Arianism concerns the work of the Emperor Constantius to replace the...
Father C.S. Dunker presents an eyewitness testimony of life in Communist China. A most stark and relevant presentation of Father Dunker’s mid-1950s eyewitness testimony to the diabolic tactics used in...
Dr. Eugene Genovese, former Marxist professor and Catholic convert, discusses slavery, the civil war and various Southern and Northern Christian views. Is slavery sinful? A fascinating discussion of a controversial...
What was necessary for Christian theology to develop? Dr. John Rao discusses the obstacles that had to be overcome in order even to begin developing a theology, as well as...
Napoleonic and Restoration Europe was still not a world that the Catholic Church could enjoy. It was too regalist and too naturalist. Dr. John Rao discusses how secularist State interference...
Protestant competition, and revival of Catholic religious orders backed by the aid of clerical-lay circles in Europe and the Papacy increased missionary activity in the nineteenth century. Exploration in Africa...