Notable Speakers

Battles in the years from the 1850’s through the 1880’s were very bitter. Bishops and ordinary priests suffered imprisonment in many cases. Some religious orders left countries of their origin....

Why call a Council? What issues were meant to be tackled at this Synod? What factions contended? How did papal infallibility come to be proclaimed? What role did traditionalist and...

The movement called Humanism reintroduced a love for literature, history, the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, Plato, and the Bible into Catholic Christendom. These “human” as opposed to “divine” studies...

Dr. David Allen White explores Mozart’s Catholic character through one of his greatest operas, Don Giovanni. Everyone knows that Mozart was a genius who worked both for Catholics and secularists,...

Dr. John Rao says the the arrival of Islam into the Mediterranean world of the Seventh Century also aided in the shaping of Crusading concepts. Dr. John Rao shows in...

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...

Dr. John Rao shows that Catholics, as usual, were slow in awakening to the real significance of the Protestant assault. Eck and Fisher were among the few early thinkers who...

Father George Rutler says that In an age where men have created more “hells on earth” than ever, the reality of the state of an eternal Hell is less believed...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses Original Sin and the Immaculate Conception. What, exactly, do these Doctrines mean to our Catholic Faith? Everything.

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Father John O’Connor explain the merits of this venerable Sacrament and how to get more out of Confession?

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Dr. McArthur discusses faith and reason. Dr. Ronald McArthur argues that the Catholic Church has always upheld the harmony between faith and reason. The human mind knows truth from two...

Msgr. William Smith offers a precise talk on Marriage and the Family. Monsignor William Smith offers a brief analysis of Pope Saint John Paul II’s teaching on the subject of...

Fr. Kenneth Baker continues his analysis of Saint Paul’s letters. The theme of this letter is that the Colossians must remain faithful to the traditional faith that has been given...

Mr. Michael Davies articulates how the noble rhetoric of “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” quickly degenerated into a scenario of terror and death in post revolution France. Violence is the weapon used...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., describes how the peace and joy that comes from being a part of the Church can overcome the distressing crisis we are living through. The greatest...

Father John O’Connor examines the infiltration of Eastern Mysticism into Catholic spirituality. A startling documentation. “Forbidden Fruit” Part 1 of 2

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Dr. John Senior gives an engaging talk on the rise and nature of Christian Humanism, relating it to the ninth plague of Egypt, the plague of darkness, a darkness so...

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...

Dr. David Allen White reads the moving eulogy delivered by St. John Fisher for the pious grandmother of Henry VIII. Here one gets a good sense of the learning and...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand speaks of man as incapable of truly understanding who he is without divine help. He flies into all sorts of arbitrary theories and wild interpretations which...