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Msgr. Lynn’s conviction reinstated by Pa. Supreme Court
The case of the former archdiocesan secretary for clergy took a dramatic new turn April 27 when the state’s high court overturned a lower court’s ruling that had released him from prison.
World Meeting of Families leader gets top Catholic award
Donna Crilley Farrell, executive director for the upcoming families meeting in Philadelphia, was presented with the Sourin Award by the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute last week.
Archdiocesan choirs warming up for big concerts
The Cathedral Choir, Archdiocesan Adult Choir, Archdiocesan Boys Choir and Archdiocesan Girls Choir will sing at a Mother's Day concert. The children will also sing in Rome and New York this year.
Harrisburg priest named bishop of Greensburg, Pa., diocese
Pope Francis has appointed Father Edward C. Malesic, judicial vicar of the Diocese of Harrisburg, as bishop of the Greensburg Diocese. Its first bishop was a former Philadelphia auxiliary bishop.
Ukrainian Catholic cathedral has shroud replica on permanent display
A trip to see what many Christians believe is Christ's burial cloth is probably out of reach for most people, but for Catholics and others in the United States, there's an alternative: A full-size, Vatican-authorized replica on permanent display in Philadelphia.
Talk explores deep roots of thinking on environment
Long before industrial-strength environmental degradation, two monastic traditions could be said to define the Christian approach to the natural world.
Climate change and pope’s teaching on ecology are focus of talks
A Cabrini College conference last week gave an interreligious overview of perspectives on the environment, in anticipation of Pope Francis' document this summer.
St. Joseph’s U names first lay president
Mark Reed, a Philadelphia native and administrator at Fairfield University, becomes the first lay person named to lead St. Joseph's in its 164-year history.
At 175 years, St. Philip’s joins new vibrancy with a colorful history
Archbishop Charles Chaput celebrated the anniversary Mass on Sunday for St. Philip Neri Parish in Philadelphia's Queen Village section. Once the scene of riots, young families now abound.
From archives emerges a Catholic who aided Armenians’ plight
Prominent Philadelphia lawyer Walter Smith in the 1920s helped raise what today would $1.3 billion to help persecuted Christians in the Armenian genocide.