Tag: Philadelphia
Sixers want stadium in Center City Philadelphia, but Chinese community, Catholic...
PHILADELPHIA -- A professional basketball team's plans to build a new arena have been far from a slam dunk with members of the local...
James Black, licensed clinical psychologist, speaks about the impact gun violence...
PHILADELPHIA-- Gun violence in Philadelphia highlights the deep-seated trauma and developmental issues experienced by many of the city's youth, said an Archdiocese of Philadelphia...
St. Katharine Drexel: Her lasting impact on U.S. philanthropy and the...
This tax season, Americans have an unexpected figure to thank for one of their most-used deductions. She wasn't an accountant, a lawyer or even...
Pope Francis brought message of encouragement to United States in 2015
WASHINGTON — Although the thought of standing with throngs of people for hours at a time seems foreign now in the midst of the...
Catholic police chief J. Scott Thomson helped Camden reboot its force...
NEW YORK -- In 2013, as police chief of Camden, New Jersey, J. Scott Thomson gave Camden Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan, a tour of...
Black Catholic spirituality a force in fight against racism, say Philadelphia...
PHILADELPHIA -- Two Black Catholic pastors in Philadelphia say their parishes are drawing strength from the Eucharist, prayer and a rich spiritual heritage in...
Former NBA referee and Philly native makes spiritual call to be...
PHILADELPHIA — If 30 years ago anyone told Steve Javie he would become a permanent deacon, he probably would have said, "No way."
Sure, he...
Philadelphia holds ‘Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying’
PHILADELPHIA -- More than 1,000 people gathered in Philadelphia May 10 to demonstrate against recent social media videos of a Pennsylvania lawmaker berating people...
Pope accepts resignation of Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic archbishop
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop...