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A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia
...hism would even gain the attention of the Vatican, which sided with the authority of the bishop in a 1822 ruling.[9] Catholic Historical Research Center Digital Collections https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7134 With the questions of authority resolved, the Church continued to grow under Conwell and his successor Francis Kenrick. Kenrick was actually appointed
The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...as the collection formed by Francis Cardinal Spellman, sixth Archbishop of New York. Even before the exhibit took place. It was a well-known fact His Eminence was an avid stamp collector. In presenting Cardinal Spellman at the opening, Archbishop O’Hara described His Eminence as “a great American citizen and a
Herman Joseph Heuser Papers
...on Patrick Augustine Sheehan, an Irish Roman Catholic priest who was an author and activist. In this letter discusses Holmes reading proofs of Heuser’s biography on Sheehan, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile. Oliver Wendell Holmes to Herman Joseph Heuser, May 1, 1917 Archives Archives Select Month June 2025 May 2025 April