The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore what is now the United States, and the first to found a permanent settlement here (St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565). From Alaska's Madre de Dios Island to Mexico, Maine, the United States is dotted with Spanish place names.Here are a few. Alamo: poplar..he Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore what is now the United States, and the first to found a permanent settlement here (St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565). From Alaska's Madre de Dios Island to Mexico, Maine, the United States is dotted with Spanish place names. Here are a few. Alamo: poplar..
Blessed John Henry Newmanâs Story. John Henry Newman, the 19th-centuryâs most important English-speaking Roman Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He was a priest, popular preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in both Churches.
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli â ) Principal Co-Consecrators: Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo â  Cardinal-Bishop of Albano; Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella â  Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina. Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Pope John XXIII (1925) (St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli â ) Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) â  (1895)