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Area shrines slowly reopen as COVID restrictions ease
After weeks of being closed, beloved places of pilgrimage are welcoming the faithful again, but devotions at several shrines in the archdiocese will look different as social distancing remains key.
Jason Harrigan takes up coaching reins at Prep basketball
St. Joseph’s Prep made Harrigan just the second active Black hoops coach in the Catholic League. He follows in the steps of the legendary Speedy Morris.
Social worker guides parents through pandemic to brighter future
From talking women through labor to instilling skills for lasting change, Christine Torrisi of archdiocesan Catholic Social Services helps families face today while building a new tomorrow.
Agency says seniors still need help, even as COVID restrictions lift
Virus numbers are leveling, but archdiocesan Catholic Housing and Community Services reports an "exploding" increase in requests for assistance with food, housing and mental health.
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.