The 34-foot white cross towered over the main altar during the saintly pope’s 1979 visit to Philadelphia and later over St.

Archbishop Nelson Pérez has granted a dispensation from the holy day of obligation since it falls this year on Dec. 8, a ...

As Pennsylvania’s largest scholarship organization, BLOCS emphasized its link to the Philadelphia region’s students and ...

A Sunday Mass preceding the patronal feast gathered a highly diverse community Nov. 10 for a liturgy celebrated in five ...

Jesus rarely uses apocalyptic imagery but he does so in Sunday’s Gospel account. The period of tribulation is seen in the darkness and “stars falling from the sky.” The victory is seen in the “Son of ...

A new series of scholarly and personal reflections from clerical and lay perspectives, available in weekly email newsletters, ...

Join Holy Innocents Parish for their third annual Multicultural Christmas Concert on Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to ...

Founder Cristina Whalen is stepping back from her leadership role while long-time pro-life advocate Greg Schleppenbach steps ...

Celebrate the Lord, the Christmas season, and the community at St. Francis of Assisi’s Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7 ...

Aimed at reaching out to people unable to go to Rome for the Holy Year and helping the millions who are expected to visit St.

Based in Reading, the order capped a year-long series of reflections on the sisters’ service in Eastern Pennsylvania and now ...