Christianization and Romanization required a deeper learning in the High Middle Ages. Dr. John Rao shows that this involved studies in theology, philosophy, and law in the period from 1000-1300...
Dr. John Rao explains that the monks of Cluny aided the maturation process enormously, teaching rough soldiers how they could use their military skills for acceptable purposes. The Pilgrimage to...
Dr. John Rao tackles Leo XIII’s efforts to do two things simultaneously. One was to provide a more detailed, positive Catholic Social Theory opposed to the Enlightenment. A second was...
Mr. Michael Davies says John Fisher, perhaps the most neglected Saint of the Reformation era, should be juxtaposed to Martin Luther. Fisher wrote the most erudite refutation of Luther’s heresies....
The Fourteenth Century proved to be disastrous in innumerable spiritual, intellectual, and political/social ways. This is is discussed in detail by Dr. John Rao. The Papacy moved to Avignon and...
Fr. George Rutler analyzes the contemporary crisis of civilization. Since the Protestant Revolution, culture has gradually taken a homo-centric turn. In the 20th century, men became cynical toward faith and...
Christopher Ferrara,Esq., critiques the notion that Catholic states should remain a thing of the past. He quotes Pope Leo XIII about Church-State relations and speaks on the undeniable benefits the...
In this lecture Dr. William Marra tells how Saint Augustine searched his memory for clues as to when he first knew God, concluding that not all human knowledge comes through...
Dr. Harry Wu tells of religious persecution in China. He spent over a decade in a communist concentration camp for his anti-revolutionary writing. He tells the moving story of his...
Mr. Michael Davies shows how Pope Liberius gave in to political pressure in his talk. The great battle of Athanasius against the Arian and Arianizing Emperors brought tremendous political pressure...
Mr. Michael Davies discusses the Alexandrian and Gallican rites. Two distinct centers of liturgical importance are examined in this lecture by Mr. Michael Davies: those of Alexandria in Egypt, with...
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...
The term “The Black Legend” specifically describes a set of lies regarding Catholic Spain. Dr. John Rao speaks here of a broader “syllabus” of Black Legends, developed through the ages,...
If the Papacy thought that it would escape the kinds of Church-State problems that it had experienced in its relationship with the Emperors in Constantinople under the new alliance with...
Mr. Joseph Sobran shares his reflections as a convert on the New Millennium. From Stalin’s mystical body, to the beehive of liberalism, to the ‘alternative cuisine’ of cannibalism, Mr. Joseph...
John Rao speaks of Purification as a popular theme, 1914 onwards. The first of these four talks by Dr. Rao deals with the theme of purification of the social order....
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the School of Alexandria. Christian theology in a sophisticated sense developed along with the foundation and growth of the...
Dr. William Marra offers a respectful and insightful analysis. The Charismatic movement is a well-meaning yet dangerous response to a real need in the Catholic Church. A good and wise...
A “bestseller” Catholic author, Mr. Michael S. Rose, describes the modernist manipulation within the Church since Vatican II.
...Dr. Roberto Herrera lectures on the Spanish dictator Franco. How can the Spanish Civil War be really called a crusade? Franco was following in the footsteps of Pelayo, in defiance...
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