Robert Royal

Robert Royal is the founder and president of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., and editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing (... an online publication that appears daily and is translated into five foreign languages. He writes and speaks on questions of ethics, culture, religion, and politics. He has appeared on various television and radio stations around the United States, including frequent appearances on EWTN as a special commentator on Church matters, and has lectured in...See more

Robert Royal is the founder and president of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., and editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing (... an online publication that appears daily and is translated into five foreign languages. He writes and speaks on questions of ethics, culture, religion, and politics. He has appeared on various television and radio stations around the United States, including frequent appearances on EWTN as a special commentator on Church matters, and has lectured in fifteen foreign countries. His most recent book is A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the 20th Century . Other books include Dante Alighieri, The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive Global History, The Pope's Army , and The God That Did Not Fail . Royal holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the Catholic University of America and has received fellowships to study in Italy from the Renaissance Society of America and as a Fulbright scholar. See less