Militant and Triumphant fills a major gap in the historical record of American Catholicism by presenting a vivid, objective portrait of Cardinal William Henry O’Connell and his significance in the church and his times. Focusing on both the triumphs and controversies of O’Connell’s career, James M. O’Toole chronicles the history of the Catholic Church in Boston in the first half of the twentieth century.
The biography begins with a lively discussion of O’Connell’s Irish immigrant youth and education and his early positions as rector of the American College in Rome...
Militant and Triumphant fills a major gap in the historical record of American Catholicism by presenting a vivid, objective portrait of Card...
