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...ections: [Indicate cited item or series here], Collection Name, Collection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the

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Drexel Beatification

...eliminating the Promotor of the Faith (Devil’s Advocate) and reducing the number of miracles required for canonization from three to two. The first step in the process was to examine all of Katharine Drexel’s writings and interview as many people who knew her as possible. On January 26, 1987, she

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Education

...die out.'” Nast is commenting on an historic reduction in the salaries of New York public school teachers and blaming it on a Catholic conspiracy to take over the schools. “Romish Ingratitude,” July 13, 1872 Uncle Sam, holding an axe labeled “Order”, attacks a large snake with the head an

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...well as October 1944 and March 1968 can be found for free at the Catholic News Archive. The first ostensibly Catholic newspaper in Philadelphia was The Catholic Herald and Advocate which was first published on November 3, 1822 and may have run for only three issues. It was published by

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