10th Synod

...homily, Bevilacqua stated that through the synod they will “work together united by the common purpose of strengthening the witness of the Church” and that it will make “Christ more clearly present, [and] more visible in our lives.”[8] Unlike the synods of the past, this one would involve laity and

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Anti-Catholic Pamphlets

...Anti-Catholic Pamphlets Pamphlets published in the late 19th and early 20th century. These cartoons reflect the anti-Catholic school sentiment in the United States at the time. ← Education Modern Anti-Catholic Cartoons →...

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Liturgical Music and Peter LaManna

...chdiocesan Boy Choir has performed in parishes around the Archdiocese, the United States, and the world. The other major choir that LaManna lead was the Collegiate Choir of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. The collection has records detailing the planning of international trips the choirs took, including to

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...ics posed a genuine threat. Conspiracy theories of a papal takeover of the United States abounded. A large dimension of the Protestant revival that began in the late 1820s included militant attacks against the Catholic Church which claimed that the Catholic religion was threatening to America’s Protestant culture. Nativists and

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