The aged scribe Eleazar, who chose martyrdom rather than even pretend to eat forbidden meat, is set against Catholics in public life who keep the faith "in private" while promoting abortion and denying Christ any place in law and government. Drawing on Pius XI's teaching on the social reign of Christ the King and St. Paul's warning of the apostasy and the man of sin, the conference describes the Antichrist as Satan's counterfeit messiah and closes with St. Patrick's vision of the faith rekindled after a time of darkness.Listen with the full transcriptGo to episodeSermon of the Day podcast