Notable Speakers

Dietrich von Hildebrand was an inspiration for many traditionalist Catholics. Here, Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses his formation, his conversion, his concern for phenomenology, his Christocentric vision, and his fight...

The entire legalist-Humanist-Protestant-Jansenist-Enlightenment alliance became a new Grand Coalition which seized upon the image of freedom and placed it on its banners. All those who yearned to be free had...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Plato and the Christian vision. The Church Fathers, Dr. Von Hildebrand explains, saw in Plato clear “seeds of the Logos”. Plato’s whole description of the...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. talks on the Twelfth Article concerning the Everlasting Life in Heaven and the Salvation of Man.

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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.

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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....

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 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...

There were horrific abuses in the Church in the 1400’s on every level, which Councils at Constance and Basel could do practically nothing to address. Nevertheless, Dr. John Rao explains...

Dr. David Allen White discusses the life and works of John Milton and the problem of the two traditions. Is Milton a Protestant writer? Can his form of Christianity ultimately...

Dr. John Rao begins by arguing that aspects of the crusading spirit are natural to man, and that it was also alive in the ancient world already. Cyrus the Great,...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand describes Simone de Beauvoir, along with Jean Paul Sartre, as one of the most powerful voices on behalf of a problematic existentialist position on “crusade” for...

Mr. Michael Davies is most known for his work on the liturgical revolution. Here, he summarizes how the movement for liturgical reform transmuted into the monster that it became, and...

Christopher Ferrara discusses the resuscitation of authentic Catholic action among the laity and reminded listeners that “the American and French revolutionaries gave birth to the god of liberty and set...