The Working Catholic, Immigration Part Three by Bill Droel Archbishop John Hughes (1997-1864) of New York is probably not a suitable role model for a bishop today. And yet… Hughes was born in Ireland. He once tellingly wrote: For first four days of my life, I was “on social and civil equality with the most favored subjects of the British Empire.” But then I was baptized a Roman Catholic. Hughes emigrated to the U.S. in 1817 where he worked in... Read more