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Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69
"It is with great warmth and love that I acknowledge the symbolism and the pageantry of my childhood Catholic experience," she told Catholic News Service in a 1995 interview.
Catholic education office gets new funding from parishes
Parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese will pay a new assessment of $2.50 per registered family in support of elementary education and catechetical formation, after a foundation pulled its funding.
U.N.’s top official on Syria tells Bonner-Prendie of long road to peace
Kevin Kennedy, a former Marine and now the United Nations’ coordinator for the crisis in Syria, brought home to students of his alma mater the realities of the Middle East, which they are learning about in classes.
Doylestown Catholic school set to toast its 140th year
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School will celebrate its anniversary with “A Night Under the Stars” on Saturday, April 9. Mass in the church will be followed by dinner and music in the school gym.
Galveston-Houston welcomes one of largest groups of new Catholics in U.S.
The 2,240 candidates and catechumens received into the Catholic Church in the Houston area is thought to be the highest for any U.S. diocese.
Archbishop finds visiting children injured in bombing ‘truly difficult’
Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore, Pakistan, said he was grief stricken while visiting hospitalized child victims of an Easter bomb attack in a city park.
Vatican’s U.N. nuncio lauds role of women in peacebuilding
"Their special gift in educating people to be more receptive and sensitive of the needs of others around them and beyond is crucial in conflict resolution and in fostering post-conflict reconciliation."
Catholics of archdiocese donate $645K to retired religious
The 33,000 retired religious sisters, brothers and priests in the U.S. benefit from the annual collection, of which 80 percent remains in the Philadelphia Archdiocese for the care of local religious.
Natural family planning programs set for two parishes
St. Peter Parish in West Brandywine and Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Warminster will host sessions on NaPro Technology April 10 and 19, respectively, including a film and Q&A with a ob/gyn physician .
Georgia governor vows to veto religious freedom bill
A state bill designed to protect clergy who do not want to perform same-sex marriages faced opposition from numerous corporations who said it would allow discrimination of gay people by faith organizations.