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Reconquest Episode 50: Cornelius à Lapide and the Catholic Biblical Renaissance. Guest: Douglas Bersaw

Mandeville, LA – Our fiftieth show debuts on November 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern. It will then be rebroadcast on Friday at 7 PM Eastern (6 Central), and again on the following Monday at 3 PM Eastern (2 Central) and 7 PM Eastern (6 Central). The topic is Cornelius à Lapide and the Catholic Biblical Renaissance. My guest is Douglas Bersaw, Founder and President of Loreto Publications. Support the Veritas Radio Network and the CRUSADE Channel, Radio The Way […]

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Reconquest Episode 48: The Mystery of Marriage and the Gift of Celibacy

Mandeville, LA – Our forty-eighth show debuts RIGHT HERE on November 2, at 8:00 PM Eastern. It will then be rebroadcast on Friday at 7 PM Eastern (6 Central), and again on the following Monday at 3 PM Eastern (2 Central) and 7 PM Eastern (6 Central). The topic is The Mystery of Marriage and the Gift of Celibacy. States in Life Conferences (audio) — in CD, MP3 CD, or downloadable MP3 formats at store.catholicism.org States in Life Conferences (text) — by Brother […]

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Reconquest Episode 45: The Holy Rosary. Guest: Sister Marie Thérèse

Our forty-fifth show debuts on October 12, at 8:00 PM Eastern. The topic is a The Holy Rosary, and Brother André Marie's guest is Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. Here are some resources: The History of the Rosary — by Sister Mary Peter, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org Saint Mary of Victory – The Historical Role of Our Lady in the Armed Defense of the Faith — by Gary Potter at catholicism.org (has accounts of military victories, many through the prayer of […]

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Reconquest Episode 44: Star-Spangled Crown. Guest: Charles Coulombe

Our forty-forth show is an in-studio interview with Charles Coulombe, concerning his latest book, Star-Spangled Crown: A Simple Guide to the American Monarchy. Star-Spangled Crown: A Simple Guide to the American Monarchy — purchase the book at Amazon.com Tumblar House — website of the book’s publisher Charles A. Coulombe Author Page — numerous articles at catholicism.org Star-Spangled Crown by Charles A. Coulombe: Review — by Roger Buck at Cor Jesu Sacratissimum From the book's back […]

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Reconquest Episode 43: Patriotism and the Conversion of America

What is Patriotism for a Catholic? Do we have to be patriotic? How do we do so? These questions are answered in the first segment of this episode. For the remaining segments, I give a rapid-fire review of the history of evangelism in the New World. Here are some links to helpful resources on the same subject: When America Was Catholic — by Gary Potter, at catholicism.org The Conversion of America to Catholicism: […]

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Reconquest Episode 42: A New Order of Crusaders. Guest: Brother Alexis Bugnolo

Brother Alexis Bugnolo is translator of the works of Saint Bonaventure, Registrar of the Scholasticum, author of the Italian language L’osservanza antica, and editor of the scholarly and voluminous Franciscan Archive (and its blog). Following a venerable Franciscan tradition of promoting armed Catholic resistance to Islamic aggression (think Saint John of Capistrano, and Blessed Marco d’Aviano), Brother is founding a new order for the armed defense of persecuted Christians. For more information, please see the special edition of my Ad […]

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Episode 41: Mary in the Hebrew Scriptures. Guest: Sister Maria Philomena

Sister Maria Philomena, director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom, is my guest for this episode. Sister and I will discuss the typology of Mary in the Old Testament. (This is the promised sequel to my earlier show, Looking at Old Testament Types.) After firing off a list of numerous types of the Blessed Virgin Mary found in the Old Testament — including Miriam, Hannah, Sara, Judith, Esther, the Strong Woman (of […]

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Reconquest Episode 39: Christ’s Finished Work

In Episode thirty-nine of Reconquest, I consider “Christ’s finished work.” In so doing, I am replying to an objection I received via email by a Baptist gentleman who listens to the show. He said he often finds himself in agreement with what I say, but was taking exception to the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory because it detracts, he says, from Christ’s finished work on the Cross. I attempted to show, […]

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Reconquest Episode 38: Purgatory

Mandeville, LA - This week's show is a cultural-apologetical romp through the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory. This greatly confused and misunderstood dogma of our religion makes sense only in the context of an economy of salvation wherein our acts (our merits and demerits, our sins and our good works) actually have a bearing on our salvation. The Scriptural evidence for Purgatory is considered, mostly in the New Testament, but also in the Old. Great monuments of Christian civilization are based on […]

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