Papal Infallibility

...rs 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 of the outside reactions to Papal Infallibility were negative, however. For instance, Archbishop Wood received a letter from a convert in 1872

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...t wing Popular Front won the elections. Right wing groups, later led by Francisco Franco, rose up to overthrow the Second Republic. The Spanish bishops and many ordinary Catholics sided with the Nationalists. In some ways it was a marriage of necessity, as the Spanish government was seen as openly

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Eleanor C. Donnelly papers. 1873-1905 (MC 48)

...magazine, “Our Lady of Good Counsel.” This collection contains correspondence, largely from priests and Bishops throughout the United States in answer to her requests for facsimiles of episcopal seals. Also included is an autograph book containing signatures of American Confederate prisoners of war held at the Johnson’s Island prison. 1

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Vistarama

..._L706_083 Halvey_L706_081 Halvey_L706_084   Exploring the Hall In addition to the exhibit space, there were various lectures and sessions held everyday. Twice the crowds packed into the Hall to try to hear Bishop Fulton J. Sheen speak. Before a crowd of 10,000 people, he spoke of the importance of the

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