Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

...ption and the pope personally donated $400 to its construction ($10,000 in today’s money).[1] The site of the national shrine was to be on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., which Msgr. Shahan was the rector of at the time. Shahan’s desire for the building

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...of Catholics, such as the protest against the persecution of the church in Mexico or his denunciation of Nazi Germany. Dougherty, along with Cardinal O’Connor of Boston, became members of the Spanish Nationalist Relief Committee, which sought to supply aid in the form of food, clothing, and medicine to those

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...es was published on December 7, 1895. This paper continues to be published today as the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The last issue of The Catholic Standard was published on November 30, 1895 and the last issue of The Catholic Times appeared November 23, 1895. Another Catholic

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Education

...nd saw threats everywhere, most notably to public education. His cartoons have had a large impact on how Catholics are depicted even today. ← Pope Anti-Catholic Pamphlets →...

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