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...ls and Prayer – Oral History Interview Monsignor Charles Monaghan, the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, turned 100 on March 31, 2015. In a 2007 taped interview, Msgr. Monaghan spoke of his earliest desire to be a priest, which came in the form of bells at Ascension of
Jack Chick (1924-2016)
Jack Chick (1924-2016) The most notable present day anti-Catholic cartoonist was Jack T. Chick, who published his first comic in 1961. He hoped to convert his readers to a radical form of apocalyptic evangelism. Jack's company, Chick Publications, has been listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law
10th Synod
...ary 28, 1966, MC 100, B3 F14 [7] “10th Synod Begins with Prayer and Eucharist,” Catholic Standard and Times, 09/19/2002 [8] Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Homily for the Opening Mass for the Tenth Synod of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul September 15, 2002, 2004.063 [9]
Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...was always quick to condemn the persecution of Catholics, such as the protest against the persecution of the church in Mexico or his denunciation of Nazi Germany. Dougherty, along with Cardinal O’Connor of Boston, became members of the Spanish Nationalist Relief Committee, which sought to supply aid in the form