John Krol

John Joseph Krol (October 26, 1910 – March 3, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1961 to 1988, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland (1953–1961). He was created a cardinal in 1967 by Pope Paul VI.

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• Every week, since the Supreme Court's decisions of January 22, 1973, there have been as many deaths from abortion as there were deaths at Nagasaki as a result of the atomic bomb. Every nine days there are as many deaths from abortion as there were American deaths in the 10 years of the Vietnam war.
  • Testimony of His Eminence John Cardinal Krol Archbishop of Philadelphia before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.