Pilgrimage of Hope
...the first pope, was martyred in Rome. The location of his burial became a place of veneration for early Christians. During the construction of the first St. Peter's Basilica in the 4th century, an extensive necropolis was discovered beneath the site. This underground burial ground was subsequently integrated into the
Jubilees and Holy Years
...hree days. Later, the Archdiocesan Eucharistic Candlelight Procession took place on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; “an archdiocesan response to Pope John Paul II’s dedication of the Jubilee Year to the presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.” Over 40,000 lined the Parkway from the Cathedral to the steps of the
A Philadelphia Artist
...tin writes: My pecuniary situation with an increasing family is such as to place it out of my power to incur the expense and loss of time such as I did on the prior occasions, unless with a certainty of success and as ‘hope deferred maketh the heart sick’ and
Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War
...often overshadowed by World War II, had major impacts on the world and the place of Catholics in it. American Catholics took an active role in writing and commenting on the war and in most cases supported the Nationalist forces out of the belief that it would restore and protect