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St. Hubert’s alums host dance party
Proceeds from the “Bob Pantano Dance Party” Friday, May 9 in Northeast Philadelphia will benefit the St. Hubert Scholarship Fund.
Growing up near Treblinka inspired priest’s Holocaust research
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- The Nazis' Treblinka concentration camp has always been a part of Father Pawel Rytel-Andrianik's life.
Catholics pray at renamed St. John Paul II shrine during canonizations
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Nigerian native Lillian Ekwosi of Lanham, Md., didn't mind staying awake all night to witness the canonizations of Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II in a Northeast Washington shrine.
Holy Redeemer Hospice hosts end-of-life discussions
Holy Redeemer Hospice staff and volunteers from Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties and local residents played a card game that uses questions to guide conversations about funerals, disabilities and positive experiences during a person’s final months.
Shanahan H.S. to host spring open house event
Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown will host an open house for sixth, seventh and eighth graders and their families on Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the school.
New saints’ feast days set for church calendar
St. John's feast day is Oct. 11, the anniversary of the day in 1962 that he opened the Second Vatican Council. St. John Paul's feast day is Oct. 22, the anniversary of the inauguration of his pontificate in 1978.
Pope Francis, with retired pope, canonizes SS. John and John Paul
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis praised the new Saints John XXIII and John Paul II as men of courage and mercy, who responded to challenges of their time by modernizing the Catholic Church in fidelity to its ancient traditions.
Softball, baseball and other Catholic League sports heat up in spring
Lansdale Catholic’s girls and boys battled tough opponents this week. Also, fortune is smiling on La Salle’s lacrosse program, frowning on West Catholic’s baseball squad and ecstatic over Neumann-Goretti’s Ja’Quan Newton.
Pope says he hopes new saints will inspire church to fulfill mission
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just days before Pope Francis was set to canonize two of his predecessors, he expressed his hopes the two soon-to-be saints would continue to inspire the whole church in its mission.
Pope: Church, evangelizing are impossible without joy of knowing Christ
ROME (CNS) -- The Catholic Church cannot be built and the Christian faith cannot be spread without the contagious joy of knowing Christ, Pope Francis said.