Notable Speakers

Monsignor William Smith warns against the dangers inherent in genetic engineering in the prevailing culture. This is a culture of the functional ethics that views man as a commodity. A...

Fr. Vincent Miceli, S.J., speaks about the Antichrist. In this lecture Fr. Vincent Miceli details how to prepare for the arrival of the Antichrist. Although we cannot know who the...

Mr. Davies discusses the little known heresies in the Church’s early years. Mr. Michael Davies discusses in detail the heresies in the Church’s early years, revealing many less well known...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand argues against modern Feminism. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand shows how Feminism claims to fulfill the potential of women, but its standard is naturalist and limiting. Only...

Fr. Baker pinpoints Saint Paul’s desire for unity in the Church. The theme of this letter is the need for unity in the Church, which is the Body of Christ,...

Dr. John Rao describes the intellect of Pope Pius IX. In this lecture, Dr. Rao presents a most enlightening and scholarly portrait of Pius IX, the total demeanor of the...

Monsignor William Smith, in discussing the foundations of Catholic Moral Theology, draws on the teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas on human acts and examines the elements and implications of the...

Dr. David Allen White continues the discussion of the life and work of William Shakespeare. Working with reference to various plays and poems, Dr. David Allen White evokes here the...

This incisive address by Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., unfolds the tragic reality of Christ’s Church, living in a crossfire between an enraged atheism and enemies from within and without.

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Dr. David Allen White discusses the Council of Trent and the Sacred Music of Palestrina. The Tridentine Reform had to tackle the question of music and the liturgy along with...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses the Alexandrian and Gallican rites. Two distinct centers of liturgical importance are examined in this lecture by Mr. Michael Davies: those of Alexandria in Egypt, with...

Dr. John Rao deals with the internal Catholic debate over the program of the Roman School in the years 1918-1939. This debate involved theological methodology, missionary activity, political concerns, and...

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...

What Black Legends did the Jansenists and the Enlightenment promote? Dr. John Rao outlines them as being on the one hand, the idea that the Church was a hypocritical supporter...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. speaks of the Third Commandment and the importance of keeping Holy the Lord’s Day.

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Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. talks on the Sixth Article, and of Jesus’ time teaching and speaking with His Apostles after His Resurrection and of His Ascension into Heaven from the...

Dr. John Rao discusses the difficulties faced by the Empire from the time of the entry of the Goths in 376 A.D. onwards. Here one learns of the Gothic move...

Dr. John Rao discusses Rome, the East and the Monothelite controversy. Highly gifted intellectual and spiritual exiles from the East, like St. Maximus the Confessor, stirred up the Papacy to...

Dr. John C. Rao (professor of history at St. John’s University and Director of the Roman Forum), explains the topic for the 2017 Gardone, Italy Summer Symposium, “Setting Right a...

Dr. John Rao presents Louis Veuillot – Herald of the Catholic Counter-Revolution. Dr. Rao acquaints the listener with Louis Veuillot, the innovative 19th century French Catholic layman, satirist, and editor...