Papal Infallibility
...he anti-Catholic laws enforced by Otto von Bismarck after Vatican I. Cardinal Newman replied to these allegations by stating that “to conscience first, to the pope afterwards.”[10] For Newman this meant that since we are governed by our consciences which are informed by Moral Law and since the pope cannot
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...iladelphia encompassed all of Pennsylvania and Delaware, and the southern half of New Jersey. Just two years later, the Diocese of Philadelphia had approximately 11 priests, 16 churches and 30,000 Catholics. Archbishop Carroll nominated Reverend Michael Egan as the first bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Philadelphia. Carroll described
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...ances. The journal with which I worked offers insight into Kenrick’s personal relationships with other clerical officials, while his visitation journal details his travels throughout Pennsylvania and reveals him to be a man deeply interested in the spiritual well-being of the Catholics living in his diocese. A typical page from