Thoughts from Home and Abroad

Is it possible to read the Great Books objectively? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iYfOvunSuNA

John Henry Newman was born in 1801, at the beginning of a century that would see the rise of skepticism in matters of religion. Yet, simultaneously, it was a century which would see a real revival of religious orthodoxy. With respect to the latter, Newman himself might be seen as the most important and influential [...]

Fr. Fessio, Vivian Dudro, and Joseph Pearce begin Ida Friederike Görres’s book John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed. After briefly summarizing the life of Ida Görres, the three commentators dive into this introduction to St. John Henry Newman, and they comment on Ida’s prescience and whether or not one can be a Christian humanist... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCBPNA_HPQ

The valley of tears is also a veil of tears in which we see through a glass darkly and sorrowfully... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hFas7y-bZBM

Is fantasy unreal or is it the necessary path to reality? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6FpJqakP3SQ

My conversation with Steve and Becky Greene on the power and importance of great literature... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9-26-25-joseph-pearce-on-the-value-of-good-books/id834475946?i=1000728524010

An invitation to attend a free online lecture I'm giving on "The Goodness, Truth & Beauty of Classical Education"... https://www.memoriaacademy.com/community-lecture/sign-up/?utm_source=Memoria+Press+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ee722870ac-202510_ma_cls&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-027e7389f8-12204970&mc_cid=ee722870ac

Why we need to stand on our heads to see things the right way up... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sE6_GIASDEo

Bringing Christ to non-believers through literary subterfuge... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PcGRrcjCvFU

My discussion of the clarity and charity of the great C. S. Lewis... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_q-ZnMm40s