Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Francis Spellman
Born: May 4, 1889
Died: December 2, 1967 (aged 78)
Bio: Francis Joseph Spellman was an American bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 1939 until his death in 1967, he served as the sixth Archbishop of New York; he had previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1932 thru 1939.
Known for:
- The foundling (1951)
- The One Road to Peace