Notable Speakers

Dr. John Rao describes the assault on the Church Universal over politics, society, education, and in internal affairs in the 17th and 18th centuries. Dr. Rao now explains that the...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand talks about, Thomas Merton who is, perhaps, the monk and spiritual writer most known to modern Americans. How did he become influenced by Catholicism? What was...

Dr. John Rao argues that a deep study of the late 1400’s and early 1500’s reveals many vibrant elements in Catholic theological, philosophical, mystical, and broad cultural life. Major reform...

Dr. John Rao follows up the theme discussed in the previous talks. Venice and Holland are shown to be places where politically-motivated discussions of how to tame religion and subject...

Mr. Michael Davies’ book, “Pope John’s Council,” sets Vatican II within its proper historic framework and gives the listener a clearer understanding of the activities that took place behind the...

Father John O’Connor, O.P., unifies the many prophecies and warnings of Our Lady in this excellent talk, “A Woman Clothed With The Son”

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Dr. McArthur argues that the Catholic Church has always been an advocate of human reason. Unlike the Enlightenment thinkers, however, She has always taught that reason is properly subordinated to...

Mr. Michael Davies asks what was life like in the Middle Ages? He tells us how ordinary folks got along in the Middle Ages; how they related to the Church...

Mr. Michael Davies outlines the indefectible nature of the Church. He defines the indefectibility of the Church, and explains how it is often misconstrued.

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Fr. Baker offers a historical context to his reading of Saint Paul. Saint Paul’s first two letters were written in Corinth about 51 A.D. The idea of the end of...

Mr. Michael Davies describes John Wycliff and the first Protestants, the Lollards. John Wycliffe was, after the Catharists, perhaps the most clear cut heretic of the era. His whole approach...

Monsignor William Smith explains the fact that the non-answers of a pastoral solution that address questions of right and wrong in terms of subjective guilt for actions that are objectively...

Dr. John Rao presents a most perceptive analysis of the current world-view of the “free autonomous man” and the results of this view: enslavement to the irrational, enslavement to the...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Kierkegaard’s critique of Martin Luther. Kierkegaard, the great nineteenth century existentialist religious writer, was himself an Evangelical Christian. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses here the...

Mr. Michael Davies discusses the history of the Parent Rites, specifically the Antiochian Rite of the Mass. Syria, with the great metropolis of Antioch, from which emerged men like St....

Dr. John Rao shows that Pope Leo XIII to begin with, and Pius X much more so, had to find a way to separate what was merely modern and innovative...

Mr. Michael Davies gives the history of the Anglican Ordinal from Thomas Cranmer to Leo XIII. Even though prominent Catholic prelates treat Anglican ministers as if they were priests, Anglican...

Dr. John Rao describes how the Jansenists saw the Church’s attitude towards nature as deluded and overblown. The Enlightenment believed that nature could soar if only freed from the Church’s...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. speaks of the Fourth Commandment and the respect and honor due to our Parents as well as the importance of Family Life and Community. 

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Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., gives a homily in which he speaks of how the Bible is a text inspired by God, entrusted to the Church for the nurturing and guidance...