In the twelve months leading up to next year’s American semiquincentennial, the tale will frequently be told of Benjamin Franklin’s encounter with Philadelphia matron Elizabeth Willing Powel, who asked, as Franklin left the Constitutional Convention: “Well, Doctor, […]
July is the first full month of summer, a time for lazy hazy days of going on vacation, cooling off, doing nothing. For historians, it is the month when things really start to heat up, […]
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Vatican City, Jul 5, 2022 / 06:53 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has expressed shock and sadness over the mass shooting that led to the death of at least six and wounded some 30 other… […]
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2022 / 08:38 am (CNA).
Americans celebrate their country’s independence on July 4th — as well as the people who formed the United States into the country that it is today. Tho… […]
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