Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...oly reality we call a parish… the real Holy Redeemer is made up of all the people.”[7] However, there was immense pushback from the Chinatown community to the plans, which lead to the creation of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation to save the church and other parts of Chinatown. After

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Communism

...m Cartoonists were quick to point out the mistreatment and constraint that people suffered at the hands of communism. Wolf, “Better Lock the Door,” April 9, 1954 Wolf objects to the inclusion of China in the United Nations because of their history of human rights abuses. Wolf, “Peaceful Coexistence,” September

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Irish College, Rome. Transcripts, 1832-1848 (MC 53)

...and transcribed letters from American priests and bishops who had corresponded with Cullen and Kirby. Henry published edited versions of these transcripts in the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society (volumes 7-9). The intent was to document some of people and events connected with the history of Catholicity in

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Neumann Canonization

...made up of the Knights of Columbus, various ethnic heritage groups, all the diocesan high schools, and other Catholic social groups. At Logan Circle, Cardinal Krol celebrated Mass before 30,000 people as they honored the memory of the city’s new saint. Halvey_A984_005 Halvey_A984_011 Halvey_A984_018   ← 41st International Eucharistic Congress

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