Photo features

Across the Aisles: Nativity of Our Lord Warminster

Approximately 900 parishioners and guests celebrated the blessing by Bishop Michael Fitzgerald of a new community center and gymnasium at the parish in Warminster. See our photo gallery of the Mass and festivities.

Students, seniors restock food cupboards with NDS

Nutritional Development Services closed its annual Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive on Monday at Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast High School, donating 50,000 pounds of the sandwich staples to the region's hungry. See our photo gallery.

World Mission Sunday celebrated at Abington parish

Bishop Michael Fitzgerald led the annual archdiocesan celebration of the church's global missionary outreach during Mass at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. Children received awards for their contributions.

Scenes from a parish’s major milestone

See a photo gallery from Immaculate Conception Parish's 150th anniversary Mass, followed by a community party in Jenkintown.

11 candidates accepted into permanent deacon program

The men from parishes across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, following the rite of admission to candidacy at St. Charles Seminary, will continue their formation toward ordination as deacons in the church. See our photo gallery.

Eight receive ministry of lector at seminary

Bishop Michael Fitzgerald conferred the ministry of lector, which empowers men to proclaim the word of God in Catholic liturgies, at St. Charles Seminary. The men are in the permanent deacon formation program. See our photo gallery.

World Meeting offers fun time set apart for kids

About 1,600 children and teenagers enjoyed the activities, games and music offered in the Youth Congress at the World Meeting of Families last week. See our photo gallery.

Scenes from the papal visit in Philadelphia

See more vignettes from the historic visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia, including the papal Mass and the pope's stop at St. Joseph's University, in our photo gallery.

Pope Francis thanked World Meeting organizers at airport

Pope Francis met with about 400 organizers, supporters and selected volunteers of the World Meeting of Families on Sunday evening, Sept. 27 before departing for Rome -- see our photo gallery.

Faces of joy and devotion mark unforgettable papal Mass

Pope Francis celebrated an afternoon Mass Sunday, Sept. 27 for hundreds of thousands of people along the Ben Franklin Parkway and on side streets in Philadelphia. See a photo gallery from CatholicPhilly.com's contributing photographers.