Tag Archives: History

Coming soon! The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples, by Spirago

If you loved Fr. Francis Spirago’s Catechism Explained, you will love the sequel! The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples is a collection of stories from lives of the saints, accounts from history, anecdotes and proverbs which illustrate the teachings and ideas of the Catechism. These were organized in 1908 by Fr. James Baxter according […]

Interview — 040: Phillip Campbell on the Nitty Gritty of the Middle Ages, part 2

Download       Play in New Window Phillip Campbell joins us for part 2 of our conversation exploring the nitty gritty of the Middle Ages. In this conversation we will discuss lay control of the Church, Episcopal absenteeism, the failure of the two-sword theory; tournaments, jousts, trial by ordeal, whether peasants actually liked the days off as […]

Interview 039—Phillip Campbell on the Nitty Gritty of the Middle Ages, and why most people will hate it

Download        Play in New Window Today, Phillip Campbell (aka Boniface) of Unam Sanctam Catholicam joins us to talk about the history of the Middle Ages, and why most people, traditional Catholics in particular, who have romantic notions of medieval life, would positively hate it. Not to dissuade one from study or admiring the Middle Ages, […]

Interview 038 — Fr. Ripperger on the abuse crisis and the theology of the priesthood

Download       Play in New Window Today we are rejoined by Fr. Chad Ripperger, PhD, to talk about the abuse crisis in the Church in light of the revelations concerning former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the mass cover-ups carried out by bishops in Pennsylvania as revealed by the PA Grand Jury report, and the allegations against the […]

Interview 033 — Catholic Reform before Luther on The Mike Church Show

Download                 Play in New Window Today I was a guest on the Mike Church Show to talk about the myths surrounding Luther and the beginning of the “Reformation” and the Catholic reformers that began before Luther even appeared on the scene; so that Luther’s revolt was not due to abuses in the Church, but errors […]

Interview 027—Fr. Ioannes Petrus on Elections, Voting and Islam

Download [Right Click]         Play in New Window Today Fr. Ioannes Petrus re-joins us for a wide-ranging interview which is perhaps the first one I did not script with pre-planned questions. We discuss voting, the trajectory of government in the West, the current Holy Father, the threat of Islam, Immigration and how Christians should respond to […]

Interview 026 – Reconquest with Brother André on St. Robert Bellarmine

Download [Right Click]    Play in New Window On 23 March I was on Reconquest! with Br. Andre Marie, MICM of the St. Benedict Center in New Hampshire to talk about the life and holiness of St. Robert Bellarmine. The first segment is a summary by Brother André, and in the rest of the show I […]

The god of surprises vs. the Tradition on Feet Washing

Just today, the Congregation of Divine Worship, at the command of Pope Francis, has decreed that women must be included in the Mandatum, that is the washing of the feet for Holy Thursday, effective this year. Thus, the god of surprises has come to visit us just in time for Septuagesima and the beginning of […]

Interview 020 – Charles Coulombe revisiting the American Revolution

Download [Right Click]                 Play in New Window Smaller Version:          Part 1          Part 2             Part 3 On Independence day we decided to celebrate in an entirely different way, with a re-examination of the American Revolution against Great Britain, the factors involved, and numerous details not found in your history books.  Charles Coulombe, a writer, researcher […]

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