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This pope wrote first great Catholic social encyclical Rerum Novarum.
Who is Leo XIII?
100
a council to be attended by all the country's bishops
What is a plenary council?
100
a book published in 1885 by the American bishops which is a summary of the Catholic faith
What is the Baltimore Catechism?
100
this war broke out in 1861 and divided Catholics and their loyalties
What is the Civil War?
100
the first and only Catholic president of the U.S.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
This pope convened the First Vatican Council and later called himself a "prisoner of the Vatican."
Who is Pius IX?
200
the divine guarantee that the pope's official statements of doctrine regarding faith and morals are free from error
What is papal infallibility?
200
the number of Catholics in the U.S. by 1850
What is 2 million?
200
he led the Church through WWII
Who is Pius XII?
200
Catholic priests served as these in the U.S. army during wars
What are chaplains?
300
This pope called for a revival of Gregorian chant and was canonized a saint in 1954.
Who is Pius X?
300
a German word meaning a "conflict of cultures"
What is Kulturkampf?
300
he founded the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, or the Paulists
Who is Isaac Thomas Hecker?
300
he held a racist ideology, persecuted Jews and silenced and arrested Catholic priests
Who is Adolf Hitler?
300
a "barrier" that divided Western Europe and Eastern Europe
What is the "Iron Curtain?"
400
This pope convened the Second Vatican Council and wrote the encyclicals Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris?
Who is John XXIII?
400
an Italian word meaning "a bringing up to date" which described the intention of Vatican II
What is aggiornamento?
400
she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Who is Katherine Drexel?
400
this archbishop was appointed to lead the military services of the U.S.
Who is Francis Spellman?
400
this "Congress" reestablished the Church's rule over the Papal States
What is Congress of Vienna?
500
This pope led the Church through WWI.
Who is Benedict XV?
500
a French word meaning "returning to the sources"
What is ressourcement?
500
he founded the Society of St. Francis de Sales, or the Salesians
Who is John Bosco?
500
Pius XI negotiated the Lateran Treaty with this Italian dictator
Who is Benito Mussolini?
500
this German philosopher taught that religion gave people the illusion of an unreal world
Who is Karl Marx?