Tuesdays, October 31-November 14
6:00pm: Dinner
6:30pm: Presentation
This event is in-person only. Intended for university students and the broader university community. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org.
Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject.
The Catholic Church has kept archives from the very beginning. They are a treasure trove for researchers seeking to cast light on controversies such as the Investiture Controversy, the Crusades, the Inquisition(s) & the trial of Galileo, and the alleged “silence” of Pope Pius XII vis-à-vis the Holocaust. This 3-class course will draw on documentation preserved in the Vatican “Secret” [i.e., “private”] Archives to clarify the historical record regarding these putative scandals.
SCHEDULE
October 31: Paradoxes of the Inquisition
November 7: Shake Hands with the Devil: Modern Genocide from the French Revolution to Rwanda
November 14: The Silence of Pius XII: the Pope Accused
