Education
...sts often depicted the Irish with ape-like features to showcase the groups’ inferior and animalistic nature. Nast’s cartoons reveal deep-seated animosity towards the Catholic Church. Nast feared a takeover of the United States by the pope and saw threats everywhere, most notably to public education. His cartoons have had a
Pope visit
...rse of ten days in October 1979, Pope John Paul II visited 6 cities in the United States. He spent two of those days in the City of Philadelphia. Arriving at Philadelphia International Airport at three in the afternoon on October 3rd, 1979, Pope John Paul II was greeted by
Drexel Beatification
...Philadelphia for the Mass of Thanksgiving held on December 4, 1988, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Bevilacqua and Krol were both celebrants at the Mass and Archbishop Eugene Marino, the first black Archbishop in the United States, gave the homily. Following Communion, the Jemez Pueblo performed
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...ars, Redpath wrote numerous articles and delivered lectures throughout the United States supporting the cause of Irish land reform and, eventually, Irish freedom. Reacting to the pro-English stance of most American newspapers concerning Ireland, in July 1882 Redpath bought the New York based newspaper McGee’s Illustrated Weekly from its publisher,