Tag: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Retired Allentown Bishop Edward P. Cullen, longtime administrator in Philadelphia, dies...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-- A funeral Mass will be celebrated May 19 for the late Bishop Edward P. Cullen, retired bishop of Allentown, who died May...
Father Douglas McKay in Philadelphia buys, dedicates new plots for ‘lost...
Like most priests, Father Douglas McKay has seen a number of people die over the years.
As the founder and chaplain of Our House Ministries...
Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Senior named to succeed retiring Bishop Ronald...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Ronald W. Gainer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who is 75, and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop...
Woman files lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by former Philadelphia priest while...
PHILADELPHIA -- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing a civil lawsuit over claims it covered up for one of its former priests who allegedly...
Philadelphia father crawls on hands and knees to St. John Paul...
PHILADELPHIA -- When his critically ill son Adrian, 7, went into cardiac arrest in October 2022, Arek Szura made a promise to God: "If...
‘Focus more on abilities than disabilities,’ says director of the National...
At his home in Saginaw, Michigan, 45-year-old John Kraemer spends hours each day at his craft and vocation -- building elaborate models of Catholic...
Archbishop Perez decries ‘vile evil’ of racism; three students from Philadelphia’s...
PHILADELPHIA -- Three students at St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, part of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Office for Catholic Education, "are no...
Three students at St. Hubert’s High School in Philadelphia investigated for...
PHILADELPHIA -- A Catholic high school in Philadelphia is taking action after several of its students posted a racially charged social media video that...
Jury in Philadelphia says pro-life activist Mark Houck is not guilty...
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- A Catholic pro-life activist has been found not guilty of charges that he violated a federal law protecting access to...
Retired archbishop of Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali hospitalized for ‘medical condition’
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- Cardinal Justin Rigali, 87, is "awake, alert and resting comfortably" after being hospitalized Jan. 16 for "what we can only describe as...