Notable Speakers

Dr. John Rao describes the assault on the Jesuits by the regalists, Jansenists and Enlightenment supporters in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Jesuits were the most clear representative of...

Dr. John Rao says the opponents of the Revolution in the nineteenth century saw themselves as fighting a battle for the defense of the consequences of the Incarnation against the...

Michael Davies says that Progressives were eager to work together with Protestants. This meant that Protestant observers of the Council often played not only a role but even a determining...

Dr. John Rao discusses the clash of the different Catholic and Protestant communities and creeds which were formalized in the 1500’s and 1600’s. Battles of these “confessions”, both intellectual and...

Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., discusses four famous Advent sermons in which Cardinal Newman expresses his thoughts on the Antichrist.

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Monsignor William Smith reflects on the distinctions in the Church’s definitions of personal and social sin, and the error in current concepts of the “degree of sin,” including the theory...

Fr. Buckley explains how Original Sin has wounded us. Fr. James Buckley further explains that because this wound man’s powers to act virtuously have been wounded. His reason is infected...

Mr. Davies discusses the political and religious ramifications of Vatican II. In this lecture, Mr. Michael Davies analyzes the Church’s teaching on religious liberty and the Second Vatican Council. A...

Mr. Michael Davies gives the history of the Anglican Ordinal. He discusses in detail the Anglican Ordinal from the time of Thomas Cranmer to Leo XIII. Even though prominent Catholic...

Fr. Baker reveals the three most important parts of this letter. They are that to be a Christian one must have faith in Jesus Christ, be baptized, and practice works...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses the Catholic Doctrine on the Holy Eucharist. Mr. Davies opens his treatment of heresy in the late Middle Ages by discussing the Catholic doctrine of the...

Monsignor William Smith elucidates the internal norm of morality, or conscience. He outlines its nature and function while making distinctions between the correct, certain, erroneous, and doubtful conscience. “The Fundamentals...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., moderates the question-and-answer session with Christopher Ferrara, Dr. Ronald Connolly, and Dr. Christopher Manion on Sunday after the 2014 Latin Mass Conference in Monterey California.

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Dr. David Allen White explores the “other side of chivalry”; knights were obliged to fight loyally for God and for their lords, but were also obliged to perfect courtesy toward...

Mr. Michael Davies speaks about the Western Rising of 1549. Mr. Davies gives a history of the Reformation in England under Queen Elizabeth and shows that the average Englishmen, while...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand speaks about Love and Marriage, one of the most important and beautiful topics in human existence. Marriage is the greatest human gift (of course it is...

Dr. David Allen White continues his discussion of Hopkins on the combination of tradition with innovation by reading and commenting on selections of his various poems. Taken from: The Church...

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,...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses the life of the ordinary man in Medieval England, and his relationship with his neighbors, his lord, the King, and the Church. He explores the whole...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J.speaks of the Third Article, where Father Baker tells us of the Earthly and Human origins and Nature of Christ, as well as the Mystery of the...