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Queen Elizabeth to visit Pope Francis at Vatican on April 3
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- The Queen of England will visit Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, Buckingham Palace announced. A Feb. 4 statement said Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will meet the pope on April 3.
Ardsley school launches video to promote Open House
Good Shepherd Regional Catholic School believes it is not too early to register children for the September 2014 school term. An Open house Feb. 9 aims to promote the school's offerings.
Queen of Angels Regional School hosts open house
The many features of the Willow Grove School, including before and after care, technology in the classroom and student activities, will be on display.
Willow Grove school gets ready for kindergarten
Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School will host a unique and fun event to introduce families to the school's kindergarten program.
Franciscan Sister Ann Nederostek dies at age 100
Sister Ann Nederostek, O.S.F., formerly Sister Marina, died Jan. 31 in Assisi House, Aston, at age 100. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 79 years.
Immaculate Heart sister taught for 30 years in archdiocesan schools
Sister Angela Joseph Coppola, I.H.M., formerly Rose Marie Coppola, died Jan. 25 in Camilla Hall, Immaculata, at age 75. She entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1958 from Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Philadelphia.
Still smiling after all these years
Almost 50 years after a Montgomery County dentist made his first trip to treat Jamaican children in an orphanage, Dr. Thomas Check continues to faithfully provide missionary service. The children's dental health is markedly better now, but the need remains. At 86, so does his commitment.
Surveys: German, Swiss Catholics reject many church teachings on family
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Reports from bishops' conferences in Germany and Switzerland show a clear divergence between what the church teaches on marriage, sexuality and family life and what Catholics -- even those active in parish life -- personally believe.
Ukrainian Catholics pray, worry as unrest unfolds in homeland
ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is drawing support from Ukrainian Catholics in St. Louis and Philadelphia, where Archbishop Chaput called for prayer and action by the U.S. federal government to support civil liberties in that country.
Philippine cardinal: Haiyan recovery can show world a united church
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- An emotional Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila welcomed U.S. Catholic leaders reviewing Typhoon Haiyan recovery efforts, saying that the work to rebuild devastated communities can show the world a church united in the service of people in need.