Warren Carroll

Carroll prepared a lecture on Christopher Columbus speech to be delivered on October 25th, but tragically had a stroke the day before. The stroke took away his ability to speak, but he fervently wished that one day Christendom student would one day be able to hear his lecture, even if he was not able to deliver it personally. 

Dr. Carroll focuses his lecture on the achievements of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal. Despite his title, he was not navigator, but rather he designed ships that were capable of sailing across the world. 

"Truth Exists, the Incarnation Happened" Dr. Carroll explains the motto of Christendom College, which centers around the pursuit of truth in light of faith. 

Dr. Carroll reveres Luthianain Andrew Eiva as the greatest hero he has ever known. Andrew Eiva dedicated his life fighting for freedom and ending the Communist empire which ruled over his homeland.

The unpredicted fall of the Soviet Union was a pivotal moment of the twentieth century, which Dr. Carroll remembers vividly and worked to bring an to in his lifetime. 

Dr. Carroll discusses Whittaker Chamber's autobiographical book "Witness." In his book, Chamber details his involvement with the Communist Party, and his later efforts to expose Communist influence in the Roosevelt administration.  

Dr. Carroll goes into depth of the prophecies of Russia, particularly concerning the error of Communism and the evils of Lenin. Lenin dedicated his life to destruction and the spread of  Communism. 

Carl Gustaf Mannerheim is the national hero of Finland, and was one of the finest general of World War Two. Twice he saved his country from the terrors of Communism.  He stands as a shining example of honor and bravery. 

Dr. Carroll describes the fight of the Red and White armies for political dominance in Russia. He elaborates on the intervention of Western powers in favor of the Whites, and Russia's collapse. 

Dr. Carroll continues to lectures on the Russian Revolution, going into detail how Lenin orchestrated the Revolution and forever changed the history of Europe. 

Dr. Carroll speaks on communism and its devastating effects. His knowledge of Vladimir, Lenin, Bolshevism, Rasputin, and Stalin becomes clear as he expounds upon their influence as the instigators and supporters of the “most evil rule in history.”  Dr. Carroll explains the first part of the Russian Revolution through major characters, events, and the mindsets of the Russian people.

A lifetime special interest of Dr. Carroll, the founding president of Christendom College lectures of the history and conquest of Genghis Khan. the tyranny of Genghis Khan continues Russia and China through the evils of Communism. “For more than eight hundred years a shadow has lain across Russia and China – the shadow of Genghis Khan the Mongol conquer, who rode out of the steppes of central Asia with his ‘devil's horsemen' to fasten a yoke of tyranny on the neck of the of the Russian and Chinese people. Russia remained under that yoke for more than two centuries, and China suffers under it today. When Russia became the victim of Communist tyranny and threatened for most of the twentieth century to conquer the whole world, the heritage of Genghis Khan was realized in it."

Dr. Carroll lectures on the history and career of Lord Horatio Nelson, one of the greatest admirals of all time. He never lost a battle, and his abilities confirmed the naval supremacy of England.

Dr. Carroll traces the illustrious achievements of Alexander of Great, who conquered the Middle East with the world of Rome and Greece and created one of the largest empire in history. Undefeated in battle, he is considered of the greatest military leaders of all time.

Few queens have had such virtuous influence in history as Queen Isabel of Spain. She worked tirelessly to spread the faith and stood as a pillar of morality and justice even while surrounded by corruption.“Her contemporaries uniformly and repeatedly testified to her extraordinary virtues, as have most historians since, Catholic or secular. Even those who vehemently disagree with some of her policies (such as her establishment of the Spanish Inquisition) cannot deny her spotless moral integrity, the harmony of her life with her faith, and the justice and benevolence of most of her rule.”

Dr. Carroll dispels the myths surrounding the memory of Senator McCarthy, a man much slandered. McCarthy was a devout Catholic, and worked to establish justice.“So pervasive has the myth about Senator McCarthy become that I have had students from my alma mater college in Maine telephone me to interview me, as a man old enough to remember McCarthy's day, to ask what it was like and to say how terrible it must have been to have lived in his time. They were astonished when I told them that everything was perfectly normal then and just like today.”

Dr. Carroll describes the fascinating conversion of Georges Jacques Danton, one of the key figures of the French Revolution. Danton orchestrated the French Revolution, and by a winding path arrived at repentance.

Bonnie Prince Charlie was the last Catholic king of English speaking people, and had he succeeded in retaking the throne, western history would have been completely transformed. “The story of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his attempt to regain the British throne of his fathers is one of the great romances of history – and it all actually happened." 

Charles, the Emperor of Austria  faced one of the most devastating crisis of Western civilization: the beginning of World War One. Though his story is virtually unknown, Charles heroically worked to try to bring peace to the world. 

Dr. Warren Carroll discusses the various accounts death of the Russian Satanist Rasputin, one of the best documented cases of demonic possession in history . Dr. Carroll also expounded further on the demonic power at work in the rise to power of Lenin.

Dr. Carroll reflects on the history and achievement of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.  Despite the obstacles of his physical shortcomings and family tragedy, Charles V fought to save Christendom from the Ottoman Empire and the Protestant Reformation.                           “This period as a whole is the most dramatic in the history of Christendom; it's not surprising that Shakespeare lived during it,” Carroll quipped.

Dr. Warren Carroll gave a heartfelt lecture honoring the deceased John Schmitz. The lecture was a vivid walk down memory lane with Carroll as he spoke of his esteem for his godfather and once-presidential candidate Congressman John Schmitz.“John Schmitz was a true Catholic hero,'” Carroll said at the beginning of his lecture. “He was the bravest man I have ever known.”

Dr. Warren Carroll, the founding president of Christendom College  delivered a lecture titled “The Protestant Revolt, Not a Reformation.” The lecture was part of a series of history lectures that are planned over the next few months.The lecture was charged with intrepid statements on this turbulent period of Church History. “Though most Protestants today do not know it, the destruction of the Catholic Church was the declared objective of the first Protestants,'” Carroll said at the beginning of his lecture. “They were rebels, not reformers.”