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So which is it? Do we want multiple national churches, unified under a common creed where the state leaders may not be hostile to the faith, or do we want a Universal Church, unified under a common creed and a visible head? What does the history of the Church teach us? Join as we discuss.

The greatest Satanic evils that threaten the Catholic Church are not what you think they are. Join as we discuss.

I will be discussing the controversies surrounding the Catholic Indian Boarding Schools. These controversial institutions are making headlines in recent years, tempers are flared on all sides, laws are being passed without much reflection or concern for objectivity, and what is being presented as a black and white situation is actually much more complicated. Join as we deep dive into this contenti...

Catholics (and many Protestants) are often perplexed by the Anglo-Catholic movement, and for good reason. In this video we begin to unravel the complex history of the Anglican Church by focusing on the early Reformation period in England, and how it complicates the Anglo-Catholic position. Join as we discuss.

In the modern world, many enemies of the Church would love to have her condemned for her position on slavery. But is this just? Was the Catholic Church the harbinger of this evil, or the catalyst for its abolishment? Join as we discus. Subscribe on Patreon: https://patreon.com/CityoftheImmaculata Support the Channel: https://linktr.ee/cityimmaculata

Modern therapeutic practices treat suffering like a malady to be rid of. Catholic spiritual practices by default have become a target for many adherents of this philosophy. They would say that things like self mortification and detachment are unhealthy coping mechanisms, and that to recommend them is sadistic. Is this true? Is Catholic spirituality sadistic? Join as we discuss.

We discuss the effects Christianity has had on men and whether it makes men weaker.

In 2015 Pope Francis released the encyclical "Laudato Si", titled after the first lines of St Francis of Assisi's great hymn to creation. It's a timely exhortation to Catholics of the world to be better stewards, and given that we face a manmade ecological crisis of "biblical" proportions it seeks to base its arguments for why you should be concerned on solid scriptural exegesis. Practically thoug...

The real crisis in the Catholic Church is not what you think it is.

The hard truth about traditionalism you haven't heard.

As the humanist movement grew, as the Reformation got underway, in many ways we lost a sense of just how mystical the medieval Church was. Join as we discuss what this tradition was, who the most important mystics were, and what could be gained by a "return" to the great tradition in the Western Church.

Is it possible to be both reviled and beloved by the same people? Or to be a heretic and a saint who is recognized by millions, including many other saints? According to some (I repeat some) Eastern Orthodox it is. In all of Church history there is nothing quite comparable to how the Greeks have both received and refused to receive the man who St Bonaventure refers to as the most authoritative of...

The subjects of meditation and yoga are often covered in mystery and misunderstanding, both by those for and against the practices. Join as we discuss the complex history as well as whether or not it is impossible to ever "baptize" either.

Over 100 years ago, Pope Leo XIII called on Catholic intellectuals to rally and recover the wonderful treasure of our medieval schools. At the time, St Thomas Aquinas was the ready made answer to his clarion- he was precise, clear and systematically applicable. Some at the time and since have taken this to mean St Thomas is all that need be retrieved, yet here we will be making the case that this...

So much of what we fret over in modern Western Christianity is, to quote Shakespeare, much ado about nothing. The future of Christianity is some entirely different than either Traditionalists or Progressives assume and war with each other about. This.... is the future of Christianity. It's exciting and promising. Join as we discuss what the future holds for the faith.

On January 1, 2019 abortions commenced being performed in Ireland after the passing of a landmark legislation. It's but one sign of just how far the island, known for centuries as the green jewel of Christendom, had fallen from its roots. But what happened? How did Ireland go from a place where monks worked tirelessly to preserve civilization, to a place where secularism and apathy was able to sin...

In this episode we continue our discussion on how the feminist movement worked with the eugenics movement. One woman in particular, the controversial Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, who helped to shape the modern cause of feminism, was herself a proponent of eliminating the "undesirables" in society. Join as we discuss her life and her cause for contraceptives and eugenics.

As the eugenics movement was underway, a small group of radical women coopted ideological elements of it to help them advance the cause of "feminism" by manipulating uneducated women into sterilizing themselves. The effects of this on whole demographics of society have been devastating. In this episode we discuss the relations between these various movements and how they fed into and fueled each o...

Too often modern debates between religious and secular people are presented as the secular coming with all the reliable, empirical datum, and religious as appealing to only vague notions of metaphysics or objective morality. But is this so? Does secular society with it's god, science, actually have a history that offers mankind the best outcome? Join as we here discuss the dark history of secular...

H. L. Mencken said of it, "Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man is organizing in these forlorn backwaters of the land, led by a fanatic, rid of sense and devoid of conscience." The way it's been presented for decades is that in July 1925 Christian fundamentalist's put science and truth on trial. Their g...

It was the 1930s; unemployment was at record highs, soup lines were growing, people were scared they would lose their homes. In the midst of this, on the new mass media format of radio, Fr Charles Coughlin took to the airways. At the height of his popularity he had millions of Americans tuning into his radio program. President Franklin D Roosevelt thought he was one of the most dangerous men in Am...

Before the reforms of the Council of Trent, the Catholic priesthood was markedly different in its day to day expressions. While all modern Catholics would recognize what took place at a medieval liturgy, few would walk away not scandalized by the lives many priest and religious lead outside the Mass. Often times this was due more to circumstantial necessities than any commitment to sin, but noneth...

So you think views on men and women are confused and frustrating today? You think roles have been abandoned or reversed? Well, as always, you ain't seen nothing yet. Medieval society was one where the pull between ancient prejudices were constantly up against developing ideas of the Church. Join as we discuss this complex interaction of man and woman in the Middle Ages. Support the Channel: https:...

Medieval religious practice was many things. It was admirable, pious, devoted; it was dangerous, bigoted, insular; it was changing, irreverent, otherworldly. Join us in this 3rd installment of our talk on the Middle Ages as we discuss Medieval Piety- Its good, its bad, and its ugly.

From its historical sources to its art and architecture, from its science to its religious devotions, the question is, were the Middle Ages really "dark"? Join as we discuss. Support the Channel: https://linktr.ee/cityimmaculata