Tag: March 1889
Pope’s Protest Sparks Opium Smuggling Row
March 18, 1889 – In a shocking turn of events, a major opium smuggling operation has been exposed in New York, sparking outrage from the Catholic Church and law enforcement officials. The scandal began when a message from the Pope, Leo XIII, criticizing the temporal power of the Church reached the ears of Cardinal Taschercau,…
