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...
One obstacle to the organized pilgrimage to God was, Dr. John Rao argues, failure to recognize papal guidance of the line of march. Opposition came from the Eastern Churches, led...
Nineteenth century struggles in Iberia and South America involved persecution of the Church, expropriations of her property, and thorough-going secularization of political and social life. Masonic movements were very active....
Dr. David Allen White explores the work of Corneille, Racine and Moliere and the French Neoclassical Drama. Seventeenth Century French culture reflects two major spiritual and intellectual themes: those of...
Dr. John Rao speaks on the dilemmas emerging from the Great Crusades show just how much the Papacy saw fighting as only one part of the Crusading Movement. Popes like...
Mr. Michael Davies says that most people think that Martin Luther has a great reputation as a rhetorician. His writings in German were an enormously powerful aid to the Reformation....
Mr. Michael Davies asks what was life like in the Middle Ages? He tells us how ordinary folks got along in the Middle Ages; how they related to the Church...
Fr. Crane continues his discussion of problems in the modern Church. In this second part of his series Fr. Paul Crane, S.J., furthers his study of politics and the Church,...
In the third part of his series Dr. William Marra offers a valuable analyses of Saint Augustine’s depiction of the happy life, and the years he lived denying God’s Truth....
Pope Innocent III (1198 A.D.- 1216 A.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...
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