TV and Radio

...29/1989, Halvey_574G The idea for a cooperative amongst the dioceses dated back to 1967 when Cardinal Krol was developing guidelines for hiring a Director of TV and Radio, with the hopes to counter the secularism and materialism rampant in mass media.[3] The struggle was trying to produce programs that would

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Temperance Movement

...e largest events held by the CTAU was the 1905 annual convention in Wilkes-Barre, PA when President Teddy Roosevelt spoke as the keynote to over 80,000 people. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union continued have its annual meetings even after the passing of the 18th amendment, which outlawed the production and

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Papal Infallibility

...papers the pope holds reads "oath of allegiance to the Pope." Also in the background, the Germans can be seen cutting their attachment to Rome, which is a reference to the anti-Catholic laws enforced by Otto von Bismarck after Vatican I. Cardinal Newman replied to these allegations by stating that

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Catholics in WWII

...ty and his grandnephew, Harry Boylan. The letters cover Boylan’s time from basic training to the end of the war. Many of the letters deal with family matters or Dougherty giving Boylan advice, such as the need to work on his penmanship. On a few occasions, Boylan goes into details

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