Philadelphia Archives

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.

By Matthew Gambino

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.

By Matthew Gambino

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.

By Associated Press

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.

By Jessica Gresko

Supreme Court set to hear arguments in Catholic foster care case

Oct 31, 2020

The Supreme Court, with a full bench, will hear oral arguments by teleconference Nov. 4 about a Catholic social service agency that had been excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.

By Carol Zimmermann

Police: Suspect ID’d, charges deferred in church assault

Aug 25, 2020

Police say they have identified a suspect but charges have been deferred in the case of an assault on a woman who had just finished a reading during Mass at a Catholic church in Philadelphia over the weekend.

By Associated Press

Woman punched after giving reading at Philadelphia church

Aug 24, 2020

Philadelphia’s archbishop called it a “senseless act of aggression” after a woman who had finished a reading at a Catholic church was punched as she left the altar.

By Associated Press

Historical panel recommends demolishing closed church spires

Aug 16, 2020

A Philadelphia historical panel is recommending the demolition of the two spires of a shuttered 19th-century church at the urging of the New Jersey developer who bought the building earlier this year, but says the crumbling structure faces imminent collapse.

By Associated Press