Word: archbishops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Alexis Cardinal Charost, 69, Archbishop of Rennes; in Rennes, France. In the World War, as Bishop of Lille when that city was first occupied by the Germans, he encouraged his flock to passive resistance against the invaders...
Died. Alfonso Maria Cardinal Mistrangelo, 78, Archbishop of Florence; of gastric poisoning; in Florence, Italy...
...Archbishop John Hughes (1797-1864)* was in Rome on Dec. 8, 1854 when Pope Pius IX proclaimed the new dogma and instructed Catholics to believe ''that the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the first instant of her conception, was, by a most singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the human race, preserved from all stain of Original Sin. . . ." Catholics also believe that "she had at least the graces of the first Eve before the Fall and "more." The dogma invigorated the ancient veneration of Mary. The woman Mary became...
...Archbishop Hughes was awed by the sublimity of the Immaculate Conception, vowed to build a church to it, began construction the very next year. That Church of the Immaculate Conception was the first in the world dedicated to the new article of Catholic faith. It was to celebrate its 75th anniversary that Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes, present Archbishop of New York, held solemn high mass there last week. Alfred Emanuel Smith, refreshed and jovial after the elections (see p. 16), attended the services with Mrs. Smith; also many another Tammany politician. Tammany Hall is less than a mile from...
Because the first Archbishop of New York witnessed the public definition 76 years ago of the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the present Archbishop of New York last week presided over a solemn high mass of thanksgiving...