Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
"The Grand Procession in Honor of the Fenian Exiles," https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7066 The Catholic Church has a long history of opposing secret societies, partly because of the oaths of loyalty involved in such groups. Nevertheless, during the 1800s there were two major organizations that attracted numbers of Irish Catholics: the Fenian Brotherhood
Cardinal John P. Foley
...ristmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Villa Saint Joseph in Darby, Pennsylvania. Cardinal Foley was
Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...olled by the Nationalists.[6] After the war Dougherty would be awarded the Grand Cross of Isabella by Spain for his support. In his letter of thanks, Dougherty stated that Francisco Franco had saved Spain and “other countries from the danger of Communism and irreligion.”[7] Ruins of Church Nava. Msgr. Hawks
Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...heaters.[1] By doing so, Dougherty declared it sinful for any of the area’s 800,000 Catholics to enter a movie theater. In his letter to the priests of the Archdiocese, Dougherty called the motion picture theater “perhaps the greatest menace to faith and morals in America today.”[2] Dougherty and many others