Institute of Catholic Culture

“What emerges here is a process of universal significance. And if I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire twentieth century, here too, I would be unable to find anything more precise and pithy than to repeat once again: Men have forgotten God.”- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Catholic Church’s struggle with Communism is central to understanding modern Church history. There is an element of conflict between Catholicism and Communism at the level of doctrine and politics, with rival conceptions of the common good.

The Institute of Catholic Culture is an adult catechetical organization, faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and dedicated to the Church’s call for a new evangelization.

"The time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths." - 2 Timothy 4:2-6

"Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence."- 1 Peter 3:15

The Catholic Church’s struggle with Communism is central to understanding modern Church history. There is an element of conflict between Catholicism and Communism at the level of doctrine and politics, with rival conceptions of the common good.

Those who lived through the Cold War remember that it seemed a fixed condition of the world: two opposed blocs, locked essentially in a standoff, with the threat of nuclear annihilation a button’s push away. But three individuals—Reagan, Thatcher, and the Pope—saw beyond the deadlock and dared to move against an evil empire forged in blood and rejection of God.

"Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen."

"Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen."

Why are Americans being forced to consider homosexual acts as morally acceptable? Why has the U.S. Supreme Court accepted the validity of same-sex “marriage,” which, until a decade ago, was unheard of in the history of Western or any other civilization? Where has the “gay rights” movement come from, and how has it so easily conquered America?