Listen to a special podcast from CatholicPhilly.com as part of our series on the opioid drug crisis in communities served by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Read more about the posts mentioned in this podcast:

Addicts find shelter, and mercy, in former city church

(Listen to the team at Mother of Mercy House discuss their ministry in a CatholicPhilly.com podcast.

How we got here: Ancient painkillers lead to new epidemic