Archbishop Ryan

...of The Roman Catholic High School,” The Catholic Standard, Philadelphia, 09/13/1890 [9] Kirlin, Golden Jubilee, 23. [10] Cowley, Silver Jubilee, 237. [11] Shawn Weldon, 100 Years Ago: Archbishop Ray Averted Strike, Catholic Standard and Times, December 14, 1995. [12] Ryan, His Life and Times, 240 & 252 [13] Letter to

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

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Victory Mass

...ression and destruction of Nazi Germany. https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6875 For more on the Victory Mass visit the archives for our scrapbook collection, which has numerous newspaper articles and ephemera on the event. [1] Letter from Cardinal Dougherty to Parish Priest, October 12, 1942. SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; 101. Catholic Historical Research Center

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Papal Infallibility

...en not speaking ex cathedra.[7] "Tied to His Mother's Apron-Strings" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7360 One of the highest profile debates on this issue was between British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and Cardinal John Henry Newman (now Saint Newman). In a pamphlet published in 1874, Gladstone declared that Papal Infallibility was “at war

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