Pope Leo XIII sought to find a way forward for the Catholic church at a time when the world was rapidly changing and the church was often at odds with those changes.

Research:
Aubert, Roger-François-Marie. "Leo XIII". Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 May. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-XIII
“ELECTION OF POPE LEO XIII.” New York Times. Feb. 21, 1878. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/02/21/issue.html
Jedin, Hubert and John Patrick Dolan. “History of the Church: The Church in the Industrial age.” Burns & Oates. 1981. https://books.google.com/books?id=h5LYAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Masci, David. “A look at popes and their encyclicals.” Pew Research Center. June 9, 2015. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/06/09/a-look-at-popes-and-their-encyclicals/
Miller, James Martin. “The life of Pope Leo XIII : containing a full and authentic account of the illustrious pontiff's life and work.” G.H. Harr. Omaha, Nebraska. 1908. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/lifeofleo1300milluoft/page/n5/mode/2up
O’Reilly, Bernard. “Life of Leo XIII, from an authentic memoir furnished by his order.” Sampson Low, Marston & Co. London. 1903. https://archive.org/details/lifeofleoxiiifro0000orei/page/n9/mode/2up
Pope Leo XIII. “AETERNI PATRIS.” 1879. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_04081879_aeterni-patris.html
Pope Leo XIII. “INSCRUTABILI DEI CONSILIO.” 1878. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_21041878_inscrutabili-dei-consilio.html
Pope Leo XIII. “RERUM NOVARUM.” https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
Pope Leo XIII. “Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae.” 1899. https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13teste.htm
“Religious.” Chicago Tribune. February 24, 1878. https://www.newspapers.com/image/349728621/?match=1&terms=Pope%20Leo%20XIII
“Vatican country profile.” BBC. Nov. 17, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17994868

 

Pope Leo XIII sought to find a way forward for the Catholic church at a time when the world was rapidly changing and the church was often at odds with those changes.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Aubert, Roger-Fran&ccedil;ois-Marie. "Leo XIII".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 May. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-XIII</li>
<li>&ldquo;ELECTION OF POPE LEO XIII.&rdquo; New York Times. Feb. 21, 1878. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/02/21/issue.html</li>
<li>Jedin, Hubert and John Patrick Dolan. &ldquo;History of the Church: The Church in the Industrial age.&rdquo; Burns &amp; Oates. 1981. https://books.google.com/books?id=h5LYAAAAMAAJ&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s</li>
<li>Masci, David. &ldquo;A look at popes and their encyclicals.&rdquo; Pew Research Center. June 9, 2015. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/06/09/a-look-at-popes-and-their-encyclicals/</li>
<li>Miller, James Martin. &ldquo;The life of Pope Leo XIII : containing a full and authentic account of the illustrious pontiff's life and work.&rdquo; G.H. Harr. Omaha, Nebraska. 1908. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/lifeofleo1300milluoft/page/n5/mode/2up</li>
<li>O&rsquo;Reilly, Bernard. &ldquo;Life of Leo XIII, from an authentic memoir furnished by his order.&rdquo; Sampson Low, Marston &amp; Co. London. 1903. https://archive.org/details/lifeofleoxiiifro0000orei/page/n9/mode/2up</li>
<li>Pope Leo XIII. &ldquo;AETERNI PATRIS.&rdquo; 1879. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_04081879_aeterni-patris.html</li>
<li>Pope Leo XIII. &ldquo;INSCRUTABILI DEI CONSILIO.&rdquo; 1878. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_21041878_inscrutabili-dei-consilio.html</li>
<li>Pope Leo XIII. &ldquo;RERUM NOVARUM.&rdquo; https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html</li>
<li>Pope Leo XIII. &ldquo;Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae.&rdquo; 1899. https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13teste.htm</li>
<li>&ldquo;Religious.&rdquo; Chicago Tribune. February 24, 1878. https://www.newspapers.com/image/349728621/?match=1&amp;terms=Pope%20Leo%20XIII</li>
<li>&ldquo;Vatican country profile.&rdquo; BBC. Nov. 17, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17994868</li>
</ul>
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Pope Leo XIII sought to find a way forward for the Catholic church at a time when the world was rapidly changing and the church was often at odds with those changes.

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Sara Weiss wrote a lengthy account of life and afterlife on Mars, a place she said she visited through psychic travels starting in 1892. 

Research:
Calanchi, A. (2024). “Renewed in health”: Meeting Giordano Bruno on planet Mars. Between, 14(27), 93-109. https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/5444
Crossley, Robert. “Mars and the Paranormal.” Science Fiction Studies , Nov., 2008, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Nov., 2008). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25475179
Daly, Liza. “Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903).” 2/23/2022. https://lizadaly.com/utopian-novels/journeys-to-the-planet-mars/
Daly, Liza. “Sara Ditto Weiss.” https://ayonmuya.org/21-biography.html
Dickey, Colin. “Sara Weiss’ Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903).” The Public Domain Review. 2/3/2026. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/journeys-to-the-planet-mars/
“Funeral of Mrs. S. Weiss.” The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, Mo.), March 25, 1904. Page 14.
Hennesy, Roger. “The Martian Century.” History Today. 7/7/1998. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/martian-century
Hyslop, James H. “Journeys to the Planet Mars.” Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. Vol. 7, Issue 5. 1913.
Lane, K. Maria D. “Mapping the Mars Canal Mania: Cartographic Projection and the Creation of a Popular Icon.” Imago Mundi, 2006, Vol. 58, No. 2 (2006). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40234145
Mason, Brian D. “The Navy’s Greatest Refractor Turns 150.” Astronomy. February 2023.
“Mrs. Sara Weiss Passes Away.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Page 1. 3/23/1904.
Myers, F.W.H. “The Subliminal Self.” Chapter VIII. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. Vol. 11. 1895. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Proceedings_of_the_Society_for_Psychical/iuZAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. “26-inch ‘Great Equatorial’ telescope.” https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-Naval-Observatory/Our-Telescopes/The-26-inch-Great-Equatorial-telescope/
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. “Our Telescopes.” https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-Naval-Observatory/Our-Telescopes/
“Romance, Philosophy, Morals.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Page 11. 1/15/1904.
“Spirit Bands In Mars.” Boston Evening Transcript. January 06, 1904. Page 16.
Louis Post-Dispatch. “A St. Louis Woman’s Journey to Mars.” Page 52. Dec 20, 1903.
Louis Post-Dispatch. “St. Louis Woman Draws Under Spirit Influence.” 6/2/1901.
The St Louis Republic. “What the Spirits Say of Mars.” Page 41. 4/9/1899.
The St. Louis Republic. (Saint Louis, MO) 12 Dec. 1903, p. 10. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84020274/1903-12-12/ed-1/.
The St. Louis Republic. (Saint Louis, MO) 25 Mar. 1904, p. 10. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84020274/1904-03-25/ed-1/.
“The ‘Weiss’ Books.” Reason. August 1910.
“WEISS.” Obituary. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Page 7. 3/24/1904.
Weiss, Sara. “Journeys to the planet Mars, or, Our mission to Ento.” The Bradford Press. 1903.

Sara Weiss wrote a lengthy account of life and afterlife on Mars, a place she said she visited through psychic travels starting in 1892.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>Calanchi, A. (2024). &ldquo;Renewed in health&rdquo;: Meeting Giordano Bruno on planet Mars. Between, 14(27), 93-109. https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/5444</li>
<li>Crossley, Robert. &ldquo;Mars and the Paranormal.&rdquo; Science Fiction Studies , Nov., 2008, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Nov., 2008). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25475179</li>
<li>Daly, Liza. &ldquo;Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903).&rdquo; 2/23/2022. https://lizadaly.com/utopian-novels/journeys-to-the-planet-mars/</li>
<li>Daly, Liza. &ldquo;Sara Ditto Weiss.&rdquo; https://ayonmuya.org/21-biography.html</li>
<li>Dickey, Colin. &ldquo;Sara Weiss&rsquo; Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903).&rdquo; The Public Domain Review. 2/3/2026. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/journeys-to-the-planet-mars/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Funeral of Mrs. S. Weiss.&rdquo; The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, Mo.), March 25, 1904. Page 14.</li>
<li>Hennesy, Roger. &ldquo;The Martian Century.&rdquo; History Today. 7/7/1998. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/martian-century</li>
<li>Hyslop, James H. &ldquo;Journeys to the Planet Mars.&rdquo; Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. Vol. 7, Issue 5. 1913.</li>
<li>Lane, K. Maria D. &ldquo;Mapping the Mars Canal Mania: Cartographic Projection and the Creation of a Popular Icon.&rdquo; Imago Mundi, 2006, Vol. 58, No. 2 (2006). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40234145</li>
<li>Mason, Brian D. &ldquo;The Navy&rsquo;s Greatest Refractor Turns 150.&rdquo; Astronomy. February 2023.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Mrs. Sara Weiss Passes Away.&rdquo; St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Page 1. 3/23/1904.</li>
<li>Myers, F.W.H. &ldquo;The Subliminal Self.&rdquo; Chapter VIII. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. Vol. 11. 1895. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Proceedings_of_the_Society_for_Psychical/iuZAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</li>
<li>Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. &ldquo;26-inch &lsquo;Great Equatorial&rsquo; telescope.&rdquo; https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-Naval-Observatory/Our-Telescopes/The-26-inch-Great-Equatorial-telescope/</li>
<li>Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. &ldquo;Our Telescopes.&rdquo; https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-Naval-Observatory/Our-Telescopes/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Romance, Philosophy, Morals.&rdquo; St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Page 11. 1/15/1904.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Spirit Bands In Mars.&rdquo; Boston Evening Transcript. January 06, 1904. Page 16.</li>
<li>Louis Post-Dispatch. &ldquo;A St. Louis Woman&rsquo;s Journey to Mars.&rdquo; Page 52. Dec 20, 1903.</li>
<li>Louis Post-Dispatch. &ldquo;St. Louis Woman Draws Under Spirit Influence.&rdquo; 6/2/1901.</li>
<li>The St Louis Republic. &ldquo;What the Spirits Say of Mars.&rdquo; Page 41. 4/9/1899.</li>
<li>The St. Louis Republic. (Saint Louis, MO) 12 Dec. 1903, p. 10. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84020274/1903-12-12/ed-1/.</li>
<li>The St. Louis Republic. (Saint Louis, MO) 25 Mar. 1904, p. 10. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84020274/1904-03-25/ed-1/.</li>
<li>&ldquo;The &lsquo;Weiss&rsquo; Books.&rdquo; Reason. August 1910.</li>
<li>&ldquo;WEISS.&rdquo; Obituary. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Page 7. 3/24/1904.</li>
<li>Weiss, Sara. &ldquo;Journeys to the planet Mars, or, Our mission to Ento.&rdquo; The Bradford Press. 1903.</li>
</ul>

Sara Weiss wrote a lengthy account of life and afterlife on Mars, a place she said she visited through psychic travels starting in 1892. 

Sara Weiss’s Journeys to the Planet Mars

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This 2021 episode covers Colchester, who claimed to be psychic and may have warned President Abraham Lincoln that he was going to be assassinated. 

This 2021 episode covers Colchester, who claimed to be psychic and may have warned President Abraham Lincoln that he was going to be assassinated.&nbsp;

SYMHC Classics: Charles Colchester

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Tracy talks about how the beer riots may sound silly, but were underpinned by serious issues. Holly talks about the Elizabeth Fry’s daughters polishing their mother’s image when publishing her diaries.

Tracy talks about how the beer riots may sound silly, but were underpinned by serious issues. Holly talks about the Elizabeth Fry&rsquo;s daughters polishing their mother&rsquo;s image when publishing her diaries.

Behind the Scenes Minis: Lager, Ale, Emo Girl

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