Local News
Big crowd could have watched Eagles’ game, but they stood up for life instead
Some 1,300 pro-life Catholics defied conventional wisdom -- don't schedule a fundraiser while the Eagles are playing -- and packed a hotel for the annual Stand Up for Life Dinner Nov. 20 to benefit the area's largest pro-life organization.
Farrell named Barry Award winner for work on historic papal visit to city
Donna Crilley Farrell, who served as executive director for the World Meeting of Families and the visit by Pope Francis in 2015, accepted the highest award of the American Catholic Historical Society Nov. 18.
Life Runners witness to the unborn at Philadelphia Marathon
Seventy-five blue-clad runners -- including a Catholic bishop -- from all 50 states competed in last weekend's races in the city touting a simple message for thousands of competitors and spectators.
What’s doing in Philly? Catholic Family Fun Club has plenty to choose
A new social media group in the Philadelphia area is helping Catholic families join fun events, devotional offerings and more. It was founded by Mary Beth Yount, whose parish rallied for her family during a difficult time.
Unique Catholic high school program joins tech, students, community
The EAST Program at Conwell-Egan High School offers computer-based tools for students to address community issues. It's the only EAST program in Pennsylvania and perhaps the only Catholic program in the country.
Catholics’ concerns on sex abuse bill helped table it, archbishop writes
In a letter sent to all parishes, Archbishop Charles Chaput renewed attention on a Pennsylvania bill that he said would endanger many of the parishes, schools and charities of the state’s 3.2 million Catholics.
Archbishop Chaput announces clergy changes
Assignment changes for one priest and three deacons were announced Nov. 18.
Philadelphia parishioners give $270k to CRS Rice Bowl
Archbishop Chaput received a letter of thanks Oct. 24 for the donations collected in parishes and schools of the archdiocese to support the annual program of Catholic Relief Services.
Bensalem soccer league, uniting Hispanic families, seen as model for U.S.
When a group of young men started a rec league at Our Lady of Fatima, they didn’t know the benefits would extend off the soccer field, nor that it would catch the attention of Catholic social justice advocates across the country.
Vatican rejects latest appeal of Bucks County parish merger
Some parishioners of the former St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Bensalem, which merged with St. Thomas Aquinas in Croydon in 2014, had already lost their appeal to reverse the merger last April. Their appeal to that decision has also been denied.