Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...dedication, the high altar was not finished and a temporary wooden one was used instead.[12] Furthermore, there was no art work or decorations adoring the walls or side altars. Over the coming years, murals and art would be added in piecemeal; however, this led to a disjointed aesthetic. Under Archbishop
TV and Radio
...alvey_U844 The Catholic Church has a long history of using television and radio to communicate to the faithful. One of the first successful instances was in 1930 with Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s popular radio show, The Catholic Hour. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia began its own radio apostolate in 1944 and would
Pope
...the ethnicity of the Irish and their Catholic religion, believing that it made them incompatible with American values. “A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the “heathens” of America,” December 30, 1871 In this cartoon, a priest holds a pair of shackles hoping to enslave the recently freed African American
Citation Information
...tion number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,