Lecture 1. At the dawn of a New World

Lecture 2. To the corners of the earth: overseas missions

Lecture 3. The Catholic Church in the Age of Absolutism

Lecture 4. The Catholic Church and the Enlightenment

Lecture 5. The French Revolution

Lecture 6. Napoleon and the Church

Lecture 7. The challenge of liberalism

Lecture 8. Struggles with nationalism

Lecture 9. Vatican I and the fall of papal Rome

Lecture 10. The Catholic Church in North America

Lecture 11. Labor and war

Lecture 12. In an age of dictators

Lecture 13. Vatican II

Lecture 14. Pope John Paul II and beyond.