The Eternal Return: Perennial Problems of Catholic Christendom (Part I)
Dr. John C. Rao (professor of history at St. John’s University and Director of the Roman Forum), explains the topic for the 2017 Gardone, Italy Summer Symposium, “Setting Right a World Turned Upside Down: Transformation in Christ Versus a Sickness Unto Death,” which was deliberately left vague--to allow speakers to respond to any potential new alarming actions or pronouncements from the Vatican. He then reviews the themes from the previous year as underpinning for the current discussions.

Setting Right a World Turned Upside Down: Transformation in Christ Versus a Sickness Unto Death
The 2107 Gardone conference featured such speakers as Drs. John Rao, Thomas Pink, Thomas Stark, Clemens Cavallin, Joseph Shaw, Chris Feraara, and more speaking on the roots of the current crisis in the Church.