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Simple homes and villages in Nicaragua expand, in Father Chuck’s memory
A Philadelphia priest wanted to memorialize Father Chuck Pfeffer by helping the poor people of Nicaragua. Eight years and $5 million later, more than a thousand concrete homes in 16 villages are helping to ease the sting of poverty.
Many prayers and dollars help Francis Fund ‘undo the knots of poverty’
The Knotted Grotto at the cathedral in Philadelphia is coming down but it will live on at two new Project HOME residences in the city, thanks to $1.4 million raised to honor Pope Francis' commitment to the poor.
3 Catholic schools among only 17 statewide named for Blue Ribbon award
Our Mother of Consolation in Philadelphia, St. Agnes in West Chester and St. Norbert in Paoli have been named by the U.S. Education Department as model schools, out of only five in the region. The schools excel despite various challenges.
Catholic schools locked down near Phila. college while cops hunt gunman
Police arrested a man Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, believed to have produced a gun during an earlier argument on the campus of Philadelphia Community College. It was locked down as a precaution, along with Catholic schools in the neighborhood.
For Belgau, it’s time to talk about being gay and a faithful Catholic
A speaker at the recent World Meeting of Families talks in a CatholicPhilly.com interview about how the church can address the needs of homosexual persons using Catholic teaching on marriage and family as a guide.
Sister teaches course for inmates, students at city prison visited by pope
St. Joseph's University professor Sister Elizabeth Linehan, R.S.M., hopes Pope Francis' visit to Curran-Fromhold prison will help build bridges with those marginalized in society, as her course intends to do.
Speaker at Festival of Families had link to Philadelphia saint
Amanda Wall spoke before Pope Francis and tens of thousands of people at the recent concert in Philadelphia. Few knew her cure from deafness as a toddler was the authenticated miracle for St. Katharine Drexel's canonization.
Saint’s relics travel to Philadelphia on ‘pilgrimage of mercy’
St. Maria Goretti's remains traveled to three churches in the Philadelphia Archdiocese during the World Meeting of Families, raising awareness and prayers for the Year of Mercy.
‘Urban Trinity’ captures little-known nuggets of Catholic history
The documentary on the Church in Philadelphia presents some facts not seen before in diocesan histories, such as Cardinal Dougherty's clean up of the 1930s' film industry.
Philadelphia couple joins Rome synod as marriage experts
Cathy and Tony Witczak, local leaders in Marriage Encounter, are the rare lay people participating in the highly anticipated Synod of Bishops meeting at the Vatican.