Notable Speakers

Dr. John Rao herein regards the warfare being waged between the Modernists, who drain spirituality of meaning, and the Blessed Virgin, who gives song to our beliefs.

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Father George Rutler discusses Chesterton. Enter the mind of literature’s great Catholic thinker! (Part 1 of 2)

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Fr. George Rutler analyzes the contemporary crisis of civilization. Since the Protestant Revolution, culture has gradually taken a homo-centric turn. In the 20th century, men became cynical toward faith and...

Fr. O’Connor addresses the Church in the modern world. This a most important address wherein Fr. John O’Connor unfolds the trials of the Church in today’s world – this era...

Fr. Kenneth Baker explains how Paul’s letter to Timothy is still important. This letter is similar in content to the other two Pastoral Letters: it is a powerful exhortation to...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand digs into the writings of one of modern England’s greatest Catholics. Dr. Von Hildebrand says that, although he died in 1936, Chesterton perceived the threat of...

Christopher Ferrara,Esq., critiques the notion that Catholic states should remain a thing of the past. He quotes Pope Leo XIII about Church-State relations and speaks on the undeniable benefits the...

Monsignor William Smith, lecturing on human sexuality in the context of virtue, renders an understanding of the dimension of love and life in human sexuality within the covenant of marriage....

Dr. John Rao unfolds the separation of the natural and the supernatural and the ultimate consequences of the divorce of science from the Catholic world view.

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Dr. David Allen White deals with one of the greatest Spanish writers of the era, Cervantes, and the genius of his major work, Don Quixote. Once again, the Catholic spirit...

Monsignor William Smith discusses Fr. Curran’s theology of dissent. Does dissent have any legitimacy in Sacred Theology? Part 1

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The internal debate fed on the “vitalist” and “personalist” ideas described by Dr. John Rao in some detail. These claimed that in order to succeed in both the external missionary...

Michael Davies describes the election of Pius VII, the signing of the concordat with France and the crowning of Napoleon. Napoleon, who was both a revolutionary and a man of...

Catholics have often shown themselves incapable of responding to the Black Legends. Why is this the case? Dr. John Rao explores reasons for Catholic apologetic failures and argues that a...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. tells us of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments and their role in Christian life as they teach us the need to be wary of our thoughts,...

Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. goes over the distinction between supernatural Love and our earthly love. The inherent differences and the extreme importance of Love in our lives.

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Laura Berquist describes the three pillars of a solid Classical Catholic Education – Reading, Latin and Math. Latin especially is valuable as it helps in mastery of all subject areas....

John Rao speaks of Purification as a popular theme, 1914 onwards. The first of these four talks by Dr. Rao deals with the theme of purification of the social order....

Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the development of monasticism. One cannot understand the Fourth Century and the Church’s reaction both to the Constantinian program...

Monsignor William Smith, who was a Professor at St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers, NY, and President of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, herein elaborates on Papal Encyclicals concerning the work ethic,...