The Vatican – Marian Year Stamp Philatelic Exhibition
...tican City in 1929. Francis Cardinal Spellman and Archbishop John O'Hara looking at some of the Cardinal collection One of the first stamps issued by the Vatican Post Office in 1929. The image is that of Pope Pius X. The largest part was the collection formed by Francis Cardinal
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
.../7360 One of themes conveyed through Nast’s cartoons was that the pope was looking to rule the United States by converting its people to Catholicism. This could be seen in his cartoon drawn in 1870 where the pope and other clergy stand atop St. Peters Basilica and greedily eye America
“An Appeal to Truth”
...reed to a tribunal or even responded to this public letter. However, while looking for other materials in PAHRC’s pamphlet collection relating to German atrocities committed in Belgium during the Great War, I found a pamphlet written by J. Esslemont Adams and Leon Mirman entitled “Their Crimes.” The pamphlet, published
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...l dead. Newspapers reported that cholera was to blame, though changing the number from 57 workers to about 8 or 9. Though commemorated and remembered by a few, which is indicated by a stone wall built in 1909, the story lay buried and forgotten. 1909 stone wall built by Martin