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Two Neumann U students discover new types of viruses
Sophomores at Neumann University found 23 new types of soil-based phages -- viruses that infect bacteria. The discoveries could lead to treatments against bacteria that have become resistant to antobiotics.
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church closes in West Philadelphia
The church built in 1887 had been a worship site of St. Cyprian Parish since last year, and became a prohibitively expensive building to maintain. Rather than jeopardize St. Cyprian, Archbishop Chaput accepted the request of the pastor and parishioners to close the site.
Happily married to Jesus
Dozens of women from across the United States who have vowed their virginity as spouses of Christ discussed their lives and unique roles as consecrated virgins, and what it means for the Catholic Church.
St. Francis Country House threatened by potential shooter
St. Francis Country House in Darby, Delaware County, was the scene of police activity Wednesday afternoon, July 30, after a Darby man made threats of gun violence at the nursing facility and the adjacent Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital.
Father Bongard named new head of Roman Catholic HS
Father Joseph W. Bongard, a 1977 graduate of the center city archdiocesan high school, will become its new rector and president Aug. 1. He returns to the school he led as rector from 2006 to 2010 before serving as vice rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood for the past four years.
Clergy changes announced
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announces the following appointments effective as noted.
Child migration crisis is complex, local experts agree
Leaders in the Philadelphia Archdiocese who work on the issue of 55,000 unaccompanied minors trying to immigrate to the United States trace the root causes of the crisis, and say a turning point may come from the Obama administration in September.
Neumann-Goretti HS welcomes new president
Bruce Robinson has been named president of SS. John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School and John Murawski executive director of alumni relations at the archdiocesan high school in South Philadelphia.
Marked by the sign of faith
Old St. Joseph’s Church will unveil a street-side Pennsylvania historical marker this week, one of a series of signs telling the long history of the Catholic presence in Philadelphia and the region.
Archbishop Chaput says pope will visit Philadelphia in September 2015
"Pope Francis has told me that he is coming" to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, Archbishop Charles Chaput said July 24, even though the Philadelphia Archdiocese still has not received official confirmation from the Vatican.