Photo features
Papal motorcade winds through city to acclaim of crowds
Thousands of people lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway and cheered as Pope Francis toured center city Philadelphia Saturday evening, Sept. 26. See a photo gallery.
Pope Francis arrives in Philadelphia
See a photo gallery of the pope's arrival at Philadelphia International Airport Saturday morning, Sept. 26 to begin his two-day visit here.
Pope Francis gets a hero’s welcome at seminary
When Pope Francis arrived at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Saturday afternoon, Sept. 26, he met a student body and faculty roiling with excitement, and a special song.
Scenes from the papal Mass at the cathedral
See our photo gallery from the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis Sept. 26 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
Scenes of the papal visit to Washington, D.C.
See our photo gallery of Pope Francis' two-day visit to the nation's capital.
Families pitch in with Helping Hands for African families
Participants of the World Meeting of Families are helping prepare 200,000 meals for people in Burkina Faso in a Catholic Relief Services activity. See our photo gallery.
Across the Aisles: Mass for World Meeting of Families
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul hosted a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput on Sunday, Sept. 20 to begin the week of World Meeting of Families' festivities in Philadelphia. See our photo gallery.
Volunteers ready to go for World Meeting
Some of the 10,000 volunteers helping at World Meeting of Families' events this week picked up their brightly colored T-shirts and got ready to work, after getting to know one another. See our photo gallery.
AbbeyFest rocks the crowd, offers praise to the Lord
The second annual Abbey Faith and Music Fest drew hundreds of youths Sept. 19 to Daylesford Abbey in Paoli for a day and night of high-energy music plus a moving benediction of the Blessed Sacrament by candlelight.
Sisters get busy making 100,000 Communion hosts
The Monastery of the Poor Clares in Langhorne is abuzz with work to bake 100,000 hosts for holy Communion at the papal Mass Sept. 27. See the process through our rare access into the cloister.