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Arizona shelter with link to Philly serves growing number of homeless

Native Philadelphian Carl Zawatski, a lay Franciscan, runs St. Francis Shelter for homeless men in Tucson. In five years it has gone from trial program to a major expansion.

Baltimore’s newly named bishop inspired by Phila. saint

The frontier ministry adventures of St. John Neumann inspired Bruce Lewandowski to be a Redemptorist priest, and he served as pastor in Philadelphia.

Religious freedom commission: U.S. cannot ignore northeast Syria

The U.S. "cannot look the other way" in an area where Turkish troops and militants are shelling Christians, Kurds, Yazidis and Arabs in what has been called an ongoing war crime.

Trump ‘honored’ by former Vatican official’s conspiracist tome

Archbishop Vigano praised the president for opposing social lockdowns due to the pandemic as part of "deep state" conspiracies and a Masonic plot to establish a new world order.

At first public Masses in archdiocese, a grateful spirit of joy

Parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese welcomed sometimes-tearful parishioners back to Masses last weekend after almost three months. Teens and elders had fun keeping churches clean.

St. Cornelius Parish makes commitment to global poor

Through a new parish chapter of Catholic Relief Services, the faithful in Chadds Ford are engaging local members of Congress and the public to end global poverty.

With 8 kids, new deacon knows all about life balance

Mark Nowakowski, who will be ordained June 13, juggled his work, many parish activities and raising a large family as he prepared to serve the church as a deacon.

Meet the 13 men to be ordained deacons June 13 at cathedral

Archbishop Nelson Perez will ordain transitional and permanent deacons in a Mass Saturday morning. Due to the pandemic, the ordinations were delayed and combined in a single ceremony this year.

Rosary walk in city brings prayer, healing to troubled streets

Some 200 area faithful joined Archbishop Perez and Archbishop Borys Gudziak in a June 7 procession through downtown Philadelphia, invoking Mary's intercession for peace.

Tanzanian Catholic diocese works to protect girls from abuse

A diocesan program cares for 70 street children, those escaping domestic violence, girls fleeing female circumcision and those escaping from child marriages as young as 8.