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Clergy assignments in Philadelphia announced
Archbishop Nelson J. Perez announced changes of assignment for seven priests and deacons of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, all in the city.
Jewish holidays have themes familiar to Christians, say local scholars
"Self-examination, making amends and being dedicated to God’s vision for the future" are central to Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and other Jewish observances, note two Saint Joseph's University professors.
Labor Day celebrates ‘work of human minds and hands,’ says local priest
The U.S. holiday points to God's designs for work in the everyday and the eternal, while taking on deeper meaning amid the Year of St. Joseph, said Father Dennis Gill.
Local faithful team up with Knights, nonprofit to send monstrances to Pakistan
The donation, announced during an Aug. 22 Mass for archdiocesan Pakistani Catholics, is part of a global effort to “get people back on track" by spending time in eucharistic adoration.
Arrests made in blaze that destroyed former Northeast Phila. church
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has charged four juveniles with setting a May 9 fire that gutted St. Leo Church, once the treasure of the city's Tacony neighborhood.
HUD secretary tours new archdiocesan senior complex, announces housing plans
Marcia Fudge joined state and local officials Sept. 1 at St. Rita Place in South Philadelphia, where she highlighted the nation's housing crisis and how the Biden-Harris Administration plans to address it.
Little learners head back to school, with a blessing
Students, parents and teachers at Casa del Carmen Preschool Academy began a new academic year with some heavenly help, and prayers to return to a routine that's "as normal as humanly possible."
Catholic agencies, nuns ‘working diligently’ to help Afghan refugees
As more than 2,000 evacuees arrive in Philadelphia, archdiocesan Catholic Social Services and the Sisters of St. Joseph are teaming up with a network of organizations to provide humanitarian relief.
After devastating quake, local Haitian Catholics gather in prayer, hope
Faithful united Aug. 20 at St. William Parish in Philadelphia to remember those killed and injured during a recent earthquake in Haiti -- and to recall that nation can be "be raised up, as Jesus was after he died.”
Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’
The action challenges the Biden administration's mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures despite moral or medical objections.