August Course: Popes Against the Modern Errors
August draws the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year closer and showers us with the abundance of fresh seasonal produce. More importantly, it places our Blessed Mother’s love before...
True Restoration
Iota Unum, Episode 18: Penance
Many of our American listeners will be unaware of the Papal indult regarding fast and abstinence that existed during World War II, which then went on to be “normalized” after the War, even before...
Iota Unum, Episode 17: Sport
Professor Amerio could not have conceived how much sport has overtaken the modern world, but even in the period after the Council an irrational esteem of sport was emerging. Father Trauner discusses the proper...
Iota Unum, Episode 16: Modesty
Modesty is important in every age, but particularly more in a society in which purity is held in such low esteem. Father Trauner and Stephen discuss the proper Catholic conception of modesty, which applies...
Saint Vincent de Paul – Book Review
Saint Vincent de Paul by F. A. Forbes is compact, easy-to-read and inspirational. The whole world knows Saint Vincent de Paul, thanks to the charity organisation, “St Vincent de Paul Society, now known in...
Iota Unum, Episode 15: Women
In today’s society we have become increasingly used to the calls of “gender equality” but Professor Amerio details this trend which started immediately after the Council, and which revolved around the ideas that women...
Iota Unum, Episode 14: The Youth
Once again, prefiguring Bergoglio, Paul VI pretends to be “hip” with the youth, and with the assistance of Professor Amerio, Father Trauner and Stephen take a look at the meaningless and trite phrases used...
Iota Unum, Episode 13: Laicizing the Nation States and the Clergy
The Crown of Our Lord over society is cast aside as observed in the revision of the Concordat of the Catholic Church with Italy. This “laicization” is seen in the clergy as well, as...
Iota Unum, Episode 12: The “Reform” of the Curia
In this episode the “reform” of the Roman Curia is discussed, which is to say, its destruction. Professor Amerio describes the “sic et non” rubric observed after the Council, as well as the necessary...
Iota Unum, Episode 11: Paul VI, Part 3: Weakness
In the final episode of the Paul VI mini-series, Father Trauner and Stephen discuss the weakness of Paul VI, tied to his vision of “suffering for” instead of “governing” the Church. As authority is...
