Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...'s work, such as with a cartoon showing Uncle Sam offering to free an American Catholic priest from the Pope's plans to rule both church and state. This is an important cartoon since it suggests that the problem with Catholics is not their faith but rather their allegiance to a

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...the fight. Here at CHRC, we have numerous pamphlets and letters from American Catholics about the conflict. Forces during the initial uprising in Barcelona on July 19, 1939. Msgr. Hawks slide collection The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 after the left wing Popular Front won the elections. Right wing

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Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview

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Victory Mass

..., November 1, 1942 Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 53, no. 4 (1942): 203. [6] “Great Catholic Mass in Convention Hall to Support War Effort,” SB-36 June 1942-Dec. 1942; Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [7] Leslie White, Modern

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