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During the American Civil War, Catholics oriented themselves to John Hughes (the Archbishop of New York) in the Union and to Jean-Marie Odin (the Archbishop of New Orleans) in the Confederate States. [6] Abraham Lincoln asked Pope Pius IX to elevate Hughes into the College of Cardinals, [8] but Pius declined to do so. A decade later, Pius did ...
Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; [a] 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in history.
The Papal Zouaves (Italian: Zuavi Pontifici) were an infantry battalion, later regiment, dedicated to defending the Papal States.Named after the French zouave regiments, the Zuavi Pontifici were mainly young men, unmarried and Catholic, who volunteered to assist Pope Pius IX in his struggle against the Italian unificationist Risorgimento.
During the Civil War, American bishops continued to allow slave-owners to take communion. Some, like former priest Charles Chiniquy, claimed that Pope Pius IX was behind the Confederate cause, that the American Civil War was a plot against the United States of America by the Vatican. The Catholic Church, having by its very nature a universal ...
After the death of Reynolds in 1855, Lynch was elected as apostolic administrator of Charleston. On December 11, 1857, he was appointed bishop of Charleston by Pope Pius IX. Lynch was consecrated on March 14, 1858, at the Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar by Archbishop Francis Kenrick. [3]
King Charles Albert, who ruled Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849, aspired to unite Italy with the endorsement of Pope Pius IX, head of the Papal States, which comprised a large territory in the center of the Italian peninsula. He declared war on Austria in March 1848 and launched a full-out attack on the Quadrilateral.
September 7 – American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. September 16 – Pope Pius IX establishes the Diocese of Gozo. September 17 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Cabin Creek is fought in Indian Territory. September 28 – The International Workingmen's Association is founded ...
One of the emblems of the Roman Republic. On 15 November 1848, Pellegrino Rossi, the Minister of Justice of the Papal government, was assassinated.The following day, the liberals of Rome filled the streets, where various groups demanded a democratic government, social reforms and a declaration of war against the Austrian Empire to liberate long-held territories that were culturally and ...