behindhalveyslens
...ging landscape of Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia over the course of a half century....
Papal Infallibility
...ic Church, such as from St. Francis de Sales in the 1500s, declaring it an official dogma created new tensions with Protestants and secular governments. The decrees and canons issued by the First Vatican Council in 1870 laid out the argument for the existence of Papal Infallibility. The Council declared
10th Synod
...the preparation was completed in early 1966, it was decided to cancel the official synod as the larger Synod of Bishops was taking place in the aftermath of Vatican II. The 10th synod as organized by Bevilacqua officially opened on September 15, 2002 with a Mass at the Cathedral.[7] In
National Council of Catholic Women
....[9] Indeed, under O’Hara local groups were able to join regardless of the official position of the archdiocese. Thus, while Pittsburg had over 200 affiliated groups and every woman’s group in Harrisburg was a member, only four groups in Philadelphia were connected to the NCCW.[10] It would not be until