{"product_id":"catholic-boston-images-of-america","title":"Catholic Boston (Images of America)","description":"If you know anything about American history, you know the country was founded on the principle of religious tolerance. If you're more advanced, you know it depended on which religion.\nStrange as it may seem today, it was illegal to practice Catholicism in Massachusetts until 1780, and the first public Mass wasn't celebrated until eight years later. However, by 1808, so much progress had been made that Pope Pius VII created the Diocese of Boston, which then encompassed all of New England. The community continued to grow throughout the 19th century, and by the early 1900s was a significant part of the Boston community, greatly bolstered by the waves of Irish and Italian Catholics immigrating in the US. The Catholic community had come of age, from newcomers with customs often perceived as strange, to being ever present at public events and in local, state, and national politics. This book traces the evolution of the Catholic community and its relationship with the larger Boston community, from its very humble beginnings in the 18th century through the death of influential Cardinal Richard J. Cushing in 1970.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1467129526\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1467129526.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lester, Thomas P.|OFM Cap, Card. Seán O’Malley\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43627220500541,"sku":"BVV.1467129526.VG","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1467129526-0.jpg?v=1789508761","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/catholic-boston-images-of-america","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}