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...tury Catholic newspapers, journals, and pamphlets published throughout the United States, as well as the manuscripts of prominent Catholic clergy and laity. Other published materials in the collection include catechisms, devotional works, liturgical books, and sacred music. CHRC’s image collection contains photographs and other visual materials documenting Catholic clergy, laity,

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...le religious were killed by the Republicans during the war.[5] Over in the United States, many religious figures called for the support of the Nationalist cause. Two prominent Philadelphia Catholics, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty and Msgr. Edward Hawks, were large supporters of the war effort. Cardinal Dougherty was always quick to

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...rated as a bishop and was appointed to lead the Apostolic Delegate for the United States Armed Forces. On V - E Day in 1945, he was installed as the Bishop of Buffalo where he remained for the next 6 years.[3] O’Hara was appointed head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

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Eucharistic Congress

...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 Bishops from around the world. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056   Hungers and

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