Conservative Catholics start petition in opposition to potential successor to...
Nearly 2,200 signatures have been added to an online petition created Thursday, urging to stop the potential appointment of the Rev. James Martin, a progressive priest who has called for the Catholic...
View ArticleCatholic leaders suspend Masses indefinitely to mitigate coronavirus spread...
Masses have been indefinitely suspended by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese of Camden in order to mitigate the spread of coronavirus across Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey.
View ArticlePhiladelphia Archdiocese has paid millions, so far, to victims of priest sex...
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has paid nearly $44 million in reparations, so far, to those sexually abused by clergy, and the total the church is expecting to pay to victims is estimated will be $130...
View ArticleWith Fulton v. Philadelphia, U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide a new...
Legal arguments have taken place in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The case raises questions about whether the archdiocesan adoption agency, Catholic Social Services, in...
View ArticleArchdiocese of Philadelphia to close churches in Northern Liberties, Delaware...
Immaculate Conception Church in Northern Liberties and St. Cyril of Alexandria Church in East Lansdowne are closing, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Sunday. Each is about 100 years old and had...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Catholics must return to Mass starting next month, Archbishop...
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia's obligation for Roman Catholics to attend Mass in person on Sundays and holy days will be reinstated Aug. 15 with the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin...
View ArticleSt. Hubert's expels students responsible for racist blackface video
St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls has expelled the students involved in making a racist video and sharing it online last week, school leaders said. The Northeast Philadelphia school resumed...
View ArticleCabrini University to close in 2024 after years of financial trouble;...
Cabrini University will close after its 2024 spring semester, and there is a tentative agreement to sell its Radnor, Delaware County campus to Villanova University, officials from both schools said in...
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