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Catholics in New York 1808-1946, at the Museum of the City of New York

This new exhibit shows a rich collection of political and ecclesial memorabilia with colorful stories to match. It’s bracing to witness the depth of suspicion and outright hostility that Catholics originally faced here. In the 19th century, the exhibition reminds us, Catholics in New York were so ostracized that they had no choice but to found their own institutions -- from schools to political structures -- simply to maintain a foothold in the emerging metropolis.

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"Irish Voice: Catholics in NY examined," June 6, 2008, by Cahir O'Doherty

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on June 12, 2008 12:49 PM |

Thursday, September 2, 2010
"It is necessary to recover some basic aspects of finances, such as the primacy of labor over capital, of human relationships over purely financial transactions, and of ethics over the sole criterion of efficiency," Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican's apostolic nuncio to the United Nations.

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