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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.
‘Abandoned Afghans’ are brothers, sisters to be welcomed, says ministry director
As the U.S. exit from Afghanistan prompts a humanitarian crisis, those seeking safety should be welcomed "as brothers and sisters," said Sister Gertude Borres, director of the Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees.
Young Catholic Professionals get down to business of bringing faith to workplace
Archbishop Nelson Pérez officially unveiled the national organization's new Philadelphia chapter at an Aug. 21 Mass, saying he "expects great things" of young adults who "have a lot to give."
Parishes host prayer vigils to support citizenship for immigrants
Dozens gathered during a week-long interfaith series to secure legal protections for some 11 million immigrants, who are fleeing poverty and violence that "pales in comparison" to that in the U.S.