Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. talks on the Twelfth Article concerning the Everlasting Life in Heaven and the Salvation of Man.
...Mr. Christopher Ferrara speaks the first law of the Church, which is the salvation of souls. If a disciplinary decision of the Holy See is unfavorable to the salvation of...
Dr. John Rao discusses the contribution of Britain and Ireland. Ultimately, Anglo-Saxon Britain was Christianized by Benedictine and Irish monks who clashed but also complemented one another in important sections...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including early heresies. Christ warned us that heresies would come. They were already alive in the First, Second and early...
Dr. John Rao discusses the condemnation of Galileo. Dr. John Rao, who has his doctorate in Church History, gives the factual basis for the Galileo issue.
...Father Kenneth Baker, S.J.There is a lack of strong leadership in the Church at the present time. The crisis of leadership in the Catholic Church means the Church can’t fulfill...
Mr. Michael Davies and Mr. Christopher A. Ferrara discuss the Church’s position on evolution. The Pontifical Biblical Commission, when it was still an authoritative body, prescribed a number of important...
Greco-Roman culture had a clear “curriculum” which it taught with great certainty. Dr. John Rao describes here the way in which Christianity came to understand its own need for a...
The Roman Empire in the East could not help the West by the 600’s. It was attacked first by Persians and then the new force represented by the Islamic world....
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 problem for Catholics from the very beginning of Church History is that they have to work with nature and accept the fact that all aspects of nature have something...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Blaise Pascal’s life and work. One of the greatest critics of Descartes in seventeenth century France was Pascal. His God, the God of Abraham, Isaac,...
Dr. John Rao explains that the external Crusades had to be accompanied by an internal crusade versus heresy, confused thinking in general, and corruption in the clergy and in the...
Christopher Ferrara demonstrates that Americanism is a religion of Nation, Constitution and Democracy which has regularly taught doctrines antithetical to everything Catholicism cherishes most. So subtle and effective has it...
Dr. John Rao explains that the Council of Trent met in three different sessions, each of which had its own special character. The first of these two talks by Dr....
Mr. Christopher A. Ferrara and Mr. Michael Davies discuss Death Penalty. The Church has always taught the State has the right to exact retribution from criminals, yet in the recently...
Monsignor William Smith eloquently recalls the words of the Blessed Virgin at Fatima to prayer, conversion, and repentance, their importance in the light of modern Papal Witness and their urgency...
Christopher Ferrara discusses the true nature of Liberty, starting with Plato and Aristotle, and continuing with Christ, Who tells us that “the Truth will set you free,” allows us to...
There were eight “official” Crusades in the Middle Ages. Mr. Michael Davies goes into detail on the remaining seven: the inconclusive second; hopeful but ultimately problematic third; disastrous fourth, which...
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