Father George Rutler speaks on Mary as the bearer of the Eternal Word. The Holy Spirit who breathed upon the face of the waters and created all the world began...
Dr. John Rao discusses the Irish monks, the Merovingians and the Carolingians. Irish monasticism emphasized the need of going into exile for Christ’s sake. They became great evangelists. One of...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world particularly Christian life in the 200’s A.D. What was Christian life like by the 200’s A.D.? What did Christians think...
Dr. John Rao discusses the topic of Papal Authority: Beyond Weakness and Willfulness. Dr. John Rao delivers a vigorous discourse on Papal authority.
...Christopher A Ferrara, Esq asks: How can the situation we are living through today happen in the Church? The crisis has entered a new phase, something we have not seen...
Mr. Christopher Ferrara, Esq., posits that the modernist perception of the right to religious liberty is an erroneous and harmful illusion. Catholic Tradition: Old Rites – New Rights: Phantom Right...
A discussion by Dr. John Rao of the different centers of early Christianity–Alexandria, Palestine, Antioch, Asia Minor, Rome, and Gaul–and the key Church Fathers and institutions through whose work Christian...
Visigothic, Irish, Benedictine, and Anglo-Saxon influences all came together in Frankish Gaul by the early 700’s. The Carolingian Family came to power in an alliance with the Papacy, which could...
The next four talks by Dr. John Rao discuss the various dilemmas and disagreements arising from this movement of Catholic rediscovery. They caused clashes not only with enemies of Catholicism,...
The Fourteenth Century proved to be disastrous in innumerable spiritual, intellectual, and political/social ways. This is is discussed in detail by Dr. John Rao. The Papacy moved to Avignon and...
Marxism-Leninism seems to have collapsed of its own contradictions inside the Christian world. Pluralism, however, has not. This has pressed the Church not only to come to terms with everything...
Dr. John Rao describes the “back to nature” movement called the Enlightenment. The “back to nature” movement called the Enlightenment is the final element that Dr. John Rao brings in...
Father Richard Munkelt shows that the Islamic world had a rich philosophical history in the Middle Ages, including thinkers who worked with theologians and Sufi mystics and others who posed...
Chris Ferrara, starting with a detailed look at the words and actions of Pope Francis, offers a diagnosis as well as a prognosis for the severe crisis that is magnified...
Dr. John Rao explains Tridentine reform in Germany, which was both brilliant and contested. The brilliance came from the aid given by the Jesuits and the German College in Rome,...
Mr. Michael Davies discusses the origin and development of the liturgy from it ancient sources through the Reformation and the Council of Trent.
...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...