In recent months, statues of Christopher Columbus have been torn down by mobs in cities like Baltimore and Richmond

Robert Royal, Catholic author and the President of the Faith & Reason Institute, will give a Catholic defense of Christopher Columbus during a lecture at the Basilica of Saint Mary on Thursday, October 1, at 7:30 pm.

Royal is the author of Columbus and the Crisis of the West and 1492 and All That: Political Manipulations of History. 

Members of the Knights of Columbus and all who are interested are invited to watch the lecture that the Basilica will livestream at the following link – https://vimeo.com/461537633