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Brazilian Catholics Miraculously Defeat the Dutch Protestants
Our Lady's intercedes at the Battle of Monte das Tabocas
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Catholicism in Sri Lanka
Its history, devotions, special saints & customs
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The Religious Roots of the French Revolution - Part 2
The preparation made by Protesantism, Jansenism & Gallicanism
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French Revolution: The People Never Make a Revolution - Part 1
Danton: 'Revolutions are made by paid bandits'
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The Jacobites: A Heroic but Failed Mission
Their valiant attempt to restore Catholicism to the British Isles
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Two Women Who Entered Crusading History
One for a 16-year wait; the other for an indignant scolding
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The Carmelite Order - Part 1
Protected by Our Lady for centuries
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The Carmelite Order - Part 2
The brown scapular & promise of salvation
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| Miracles of the Crusades
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The discovery of the Holy Lance in the Battle of Antioch
In a vision St. Andrew revealed the place weher it was hidden
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An army from Heavens assists the Crusaders at Antioch
St. George, St. Demetrius & St. Mercurius came down to help
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The Maccabees & the Crusaders
Two heavenly interventions that lead the Maccabees to victor
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Maccabees Warriors Inspire the Crusaders
The heroic deaths of Eleazar & Judas Maccabeus
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Spain’s Fervor in the Civil War & Its Decadence
The short life of the zeal rekindled by the Spanish Civil War
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The Hermit Macarius Saves an Innocent Man
An accused man finds refuge in the cave of a Desert Father
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The Hermits Populated the Deserts of Egypt
A traveler finds communities of monks & isolated solitaries
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Vatican Archives Show a Just & Good Inquisition
20 years of scholarly research deny the Black Legend
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| The Black Legend of the Inquisition Put to Rest
Movie review of Timewatch - The Spanish Inquisition, BBC special
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Why Shouldn't the Pope Apologize for the Inquisition?
Because it was a good & legitimate institution
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| Russian Revolution: Urgent Lessons for the U.S. Today
Lenin's strategy to install a new order being repeated now
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| Mont Saint Michel, the Wonder of the West - Part 1
The Archangel appears to Bishop Aubert and orders a sanctuary be made
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| Mont Saint Michel, the Wonder of the West - Part 2
The Abbey's prodigious expansion and unhappy decline
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| The Rich Medieval Menu
Contrary to myths, the medieval man ate quite well
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| Medieval Famines, Bread & Wine
Daily food on the people's table was rarely wanting
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| Is it Anti-Catholic to Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
The foiled Gundpowder Plot became a Protestant holiday in Britain
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| Medieval Work & Leisure
The feast days gave the people three months of rest over the year
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| A World of Brilliant Colors
Daily life in the Middle Ages was filled with rich color for nobles & peasants
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| St. Gregory VII Excommunicates Emperor Henry IV
The Pope asserts his authority over the temporal power
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| The Great Adventure of the Templars
Their enduring aura of grandeur is based on a life of sacrifice and courage
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| Feudalism and the Church
This regime was the best in History for the Catholic Church
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| The Doctrine of Translatio
The Sovereign Pontiff's power to consecrate or set aside the Emperor
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| Genocide in the Catholic Vendée
Catholics demand acknowledgement of the Masonic massacres
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| The Carolingian Donations to the Papal States
Charlemagne confirms the Donation of Pepin, and adds others to it
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| The Miracle of Ourique and the Birth of Portugal
Our Lord appears to Don Afonso Henriques before the decisive battle of 1139
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| Why the Inquisition Was Founded
To stop the spread of heresy, Gregory IX calls on the Mendicant Orders
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| Urban II Calls for the First Crusade
All of Europe raises up to free the Sepulcher of Christ
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| How the Papal States Were Lost
Despite setbacks, the prestige of the Papacy grows worldwide under Pius IX
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| The Suffering of Father Bardeau
Incident from the terror in the French Revolution
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| Bloody Passovers Reported by a Jewish Scholar
Confirmation that St. Simon of Trent was ritually murdered
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| The King of Spain Dishonors the Golden Fleece Order
Juan Carlos confers the Order to the Muslim King of Saudi Arabia
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| Departure for the First Crusade
A desire for sublimity and grandeur was the motive for the Crusaders
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| The Swiss Guard - Thy Will Be Done, on Earth as It Is in Heaven
The Pope has the right to have territories and defend them by military force
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| The Miracle of Christendom: A Reason for Hope
An argument in favor of a new Christian Civilization
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| Refuting the Anti-Catholic Lies of the E-Pamphlet "Life in the 1500's"
An insidious revolutionary propaganda misleads readers about the Middle Ages
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| The Swan’s Song of Galileo’s Myth
Honest historical investigations demonstrate that Galileo was justly condemned
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| Why Shouldn't the Pope Apologize for the Inquisition?
Scholars conclude: the "black legend" regarding the Inquisition is a fabrication
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| Remember Lepanto!
The fight between Catholics and Muslims continues today
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| Understanding the Crusades
The medieval outrage at the desecration of the Holy Sepulcher
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| A Counter Crusade
A symbolic pacifist demonstration in Jerusalem tries to belittle the Crusades...
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