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In times of plague, ‘greatest saints are born,’ says historian
Church historian and St. Charles Seminary professor Msgr. Gregory Fairbanks tells how Catholics "showed that their faith would lead them through the difficulties of their time," including pandemics through history.
Sister Maria Angelita Ortiz, pastoral minister, dies at 88
A Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 66 years, the Puerto Rico native ministered for many years there and in the Philadelphia Archdiocese in Hispanic ministry.
Sister M. Patricia E. Youtz, I.H.M., dies at 79, was longtime teacher
Formerly Sister Maureen Bernard, the Little Flower High School graduate served in grade schools and high schools in the Philadelphia Archdiocese for 61 years as an I.H.M. sister.
Fund aims to ease pandemic’s financial impact on parishes
The Parish Support Initiative addresses the economic fallout for archdiocesan parishes: collections make up 85% of income, and those collections are down significantly as public Masses have been suspended.
Stay-at-home orders put some kids at risk for abuse
Close quarters, job loss and financial worries during the coronavirus pandemic can create stress that contributes to neglect and abuse of children, said an archdiocesan official who is seeing spikes in reports.
Clergy assignment change announced
Archbishop Nelson Perez announced that one priest of the Philadelphia Archdiocese will pursue graduate studies in Sacred Scripture.
Find a Mass livestreamed
See our list of 99 Catholic parishes, shrines and schools in the archdiocese streaming the Sunday and daily Masses while public liturgies are suspended during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some dioceses take civilizing political initiative to heart
The current stilling of the partisan waters during the coronavirus pandemic is a respite only a few months removed from a presidential impeachment trial and a few months before a presidential election.
Migrant ministries call for end to deportations during pandemic
Catholic ministries of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras say deportations during the COVID-19 crisis exposes vulnerable people to risks -- especially when sent to countries of which they are not citizens.
Sydney archbishop uses parents’ response to death to show Easter meaning
As an Australian couple publicly forgave the drunk driver who allegedly killed their three children and niece, an archbishop found in their ordinary lives a "superhuman" act and a lesson for Easter.