Civil Rights

...a Puppy,” March 22, 1968 McGovern is commenting on the need for white Americans to reflect on and address the role they have played in fostering racism. McGovern, “Step in the Right Direction,” April 19, 1968 The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited the discrimination of housing based on race.

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...f society. The Spanish Civil War, although often overshadowed by World War II, had major impacts on the world and the place of Catholics in it. American Catholics took an active role in writing and commenting on the war and in most cases supported the Nationalist forces out of the

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Research

...lso open to the general public, though federal, state, and Archdiocesan policies require that some of these records be closed to researchers for varying lengths of time. Access to American Catholic Historical Society collections is practically unlimited and major portions of the Seminary, Archdiocesan and Drexel materials are open to

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Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview

...lly children. He said that if we want to be Christians, if we want Christ living in us, we have to learn from Him, and His devotion to his own father. Click the link below to listen to his thoughts on prayer, or read the except below. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Monaghan-pt2.2-online-cip.wav We have

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