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Vatican says it would welcome visit by Trump
If U.S. President Donald Trump requests a meeting with Pope Francis in May, the Vatican will try to make it work, a top Vatican official said.
Sacred art works to be auctioned, sold this Saturday
Works of mostly religious art from 21 artists across the country will be held April 22 at Neumann University, sponsored by the Philadelphia-based American Academy of the Sacred Arts.
Party has a purpose: Mothers and babies
St. Anthony Parish in Ambler is the site of an evening of food, dancing and fun to benefit Guiding Star Ministries, a maternity home in Philadelphia.
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Dinner
Our Lady of Peace Parish, Milmont Park, is hosting a dinner theater event May 20.
Georgetown University, Jesuits apologize for roles in sale of slaves
More than 100 descendants attended a morning "Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope" that the university created in partnership with descendants, the Archdiocese of Washington and the Society of Jesus in the United States.
With influx of migrants, some Germans think their concerns are ignored
Germany has received more than 1.1 million refugees since 2015. With a sharp rise in violence and terror attacks in the months following the Berlin Christmas Market terrorist attack, the atmosphere in Germany has become volatile.
Al-Azhar peace conference invites Christian leaders of East, West
Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople was scheduled to attend a peace conference in Cairo with Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University.
Closed hearts unable to be surprised by the Resurrection, pope says
"A closed heart, a rationalistic heart" is incapable of understanding the Christian message which has God's love -- manifested in Christ's victory over death -- at its center, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 19.
Arsonists attempt to set fire to cathedral in Nepal’s capital
Arsonists attempted to set fire to Assumption Cathedral, the first public Catholic worship place in Hindu-majority Nepal.
Historic national meeting aims to unite American Catholics
This summer's Convocation of Catholic Leaders will draw 3,000 clergy, religious and laypeople seeking to respond to a changing social landscape while bringing Pope Francis' vision for a church that offers mercy and joy to the world.