Freud, an old style Enlightenment optimist, believed religion was merely an illusion that the progress of the scientific spirit would dissipate in the future. Lacan did not share this belief in the slightest; he thought, on the contrary, that the true religion, Roman Catholicism, would take in everyone in the end, pouring bucketsful of meaning over the ever more insistent and unbearable real that we, in our times, owe to science. From publisher's description.

"Discourse to Catholics" includes two lectures given on March 9 and 10, 1960, in Brussels. "The Triumph of Religion" comes from a press conference held in Rome on October 29, 1974, at the French Cultural Center. Paperback version printed 2014.

Discourse to Catholics.The triumph of religion. Governing, educating, and analyzing -- The anxiety of scientists -- The triumph of religion -- Closing in on the symptom -- The word brings jouissance -- Getting used to the real -- Not philosophizing. Lecture Announcement. Regarding Morality, Freud Has What It Takes -- Can Psychoanalysis Constitute the Kind of Ethics Necessitated by our Times?\The Triumph of Religion. Governing, Educating, and Analyzing -- The Anxiety of Scientists -- The Triumph of Religion -- Closing in on the Symptom -- The Word Brings Jouissance -- Getting Used to the Real -- Not Philosophizing.