Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...ted with the founding of the new parish, devoted its coverage to local and national news relating to black Catholics as well as news about black issues in the United States. It also covered news concerning St. Peter Claver. The top of the newspaper's title page read “The Catholic Church
Cartooning Catholics
.... By examining cartoons depicting Catholics and Catholic social thought, it will be possible to understand how Catholics viewed the world and how the world viewed Catholics. Read some recent articles about the exhibit: CatholicPhilly.com: http://catholicphilly.com/2019/11/news/local-news/philadelphia-archives-offers-glimpse-into-catholic-cartoons/ Northeast Times: http://northeasttimes.com/2019/10/16/cartoons-brought-to-the-forefront-at-catholic...
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...9] The belief that the two organizations were one and the same, caused the national AOH to have to condemn the Mollies at their national convention in order to separate themselves from the murders.[20] Come the 1880s, both secret societies had lost much if not all of their influence and
The Church and Labor
...ety, such as calling for labor unions and living wages.[2] The impact of Rerum Novarum would ripple throughout the years. Successive popes would issue their own encyclicals echoing the calls of Rerum Novarum, such as Pope Pius XI's Quadragesimo Anno (Latin for Forty Years). Quadragesimo Anno further expended on the