Pope Francis visits "Our Lady Queen of the Angels" school and meets children and families of immigrants in New York, from Harlem, on the occasion of his apostolic visit to the United States.

 

More than eight years after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York closed Our Lady Queen of Angels church, parishioners said they drew hope from the pope's visit.

 

The church's shutdown in 2007 reflects a national trend of parish closures in the United States caused by low attendance, a shortage of priests and financial troubles in the wake of a scandal of clergy sexual abuse of churchgoers.



— with Reuters/ELR, GMA News