Pilgrimage of Hope
...The Right next to the entrance to the basilica are the entrance to the Catacombs, an underground burial complex used by the earliest Christians. There are several catacombs scattered around the city, but all outside the Aurelian Wall. The reason for this is, in Roman times, people could not be
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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
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Misericordia Hospital
...18 the Sisters of Mercy opened a new 100 bed hospital in West Philadelphia.[1] Named Misericordia Hospital, the opening of hospital was a long project that dated back to 1910 when Archbishop Prendergast first approached the Sisters about building a hospital.[2] So with the support of the Archbishop, Mother Mary