Venezuelan leader blasts Parolin letter as 'compendium of hatred'
- Jul 23, 2021
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic agency in foster case
- Jun 17, 2021
In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents.
Officials say arson caused fire that destroyed landmark Catholic church
- May 15, 2021
Federal investigators have ruled arson was the cause of a blaze that destroyed a Catholic church once considered the heart of Northeast Philadelphia’s historic Tacony neighborhood.
Fire destroys landmark church in historic Philadelphia neighborhood
- May 11, 2021
Catholic residents of a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood are mourning the loss of a landmark church.
Philadelphia priests look for ways to stop city’s gun violence
- Apr 28, 2021
Philadelphia’s soaring rates of homicide and gun violence have deep-rooted causes that can only be solved with a combination of spirituality and concrete action, said several Philadelphia priests.
Philadelphia archbishop points out ‘sign of God’s great love’ to students
- Mar 7, 2021
The 798 students of Msgr. Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School, both in person and virtually, welcomed Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez for a Mass and tour of the school in suburban Drexel Hill Feb. 24.
Declining enrollment forces Philadelphia Archdiocese to close two schools
- Nov 19, 2020
Declining enrollment and underutilized buildings are causing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to close two high schools at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Hundreds of nurses strike at Philadelphia-area Catholic hospital
- Nov 18, 2020
Hundreds of nurses have gone on strike at a suburban Philadelphia hospital, citing low staffing levels amid rising coronavirus cases.
A more conservative court hears same-sex foster parent case
- Nov 5, 2020
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents.
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