Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...al O’Connor of Boston, became members of the Spanish Nationalist Relief Committee, which sought to supply aid in the form of food, clothing, and medicine to those living in areas controlled by the Nationalists.[6] After the war Dougherty would be awarded the Grand Cross of Isabella by Spain for his
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...mine bosses.[8] Starting in 1863, they began a decade long war against the mines. The conflict culminated in the execution of ten Mollies on June 21, 1877 for a series of murders in 1875.[9] The main witness was a Pinkerton detective who infiltrated the group and testified as to having
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
Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.