Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...of American agreed to stronger self-censorship and created the Production Code Administration, headed by Catholic layman, Joseph Breen.[9] Another effect of the boycott was the growth in power of the Legion of Decency, a Catholic organization which reviewed and rated movies (the history of the Legion will be explored more

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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...progressed quickly, with the Archdiocese chartering 600 trolleys and 150 buses from the Philadelphia Transportation Company (predecessor of SEPTA) to bring Catholics to and from the Mass.[11] By May, the parade route was laid out, with multiple parish groups starting on East-West streets and converging on Broad Street where they

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Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...soldiers. A 14-foot high fence surrounded the property, which now sprawled south to Baltimore Avenue and west to 46th Street. On the grounds there was a post office, clothing store, laundry facility, carpenter shop, printing shop, dispensary, library, and three kitchens referred to as restaurants. Although the official capacity of

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Papal Infallibility

...ters of salvation and deal with the whole church, which means he could not use his authority to speak ex cathedra on matters only relating to one country. Thus, Newman concluded that there is “no inconsistency in my being at once a good Catholic and a good Englishman.”[12] Not all

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