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Post story on Philly pope prep hits sore spot
Will missteps on handling the pope’s September visit deliver a reputational hit to Philadelphia, a city that’s no stranger to
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#OpeninPHL gathering steam as it ushers businesses aboard papal bandwagon
The #OpeninPHL campaign is gathering steam. Businesses are putting up posters to send out a message.
As a band played Monday
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A socialist Walmart employee explains why he’s running for Philly mayor
Set aside those preconceived notions that November’s mayoral-election results were finalized in May, if only for the time it takes
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Grief and Dante: Healing Through the Arts
Most of us have or will have our lives unexpectedly altered. When an accident simultaneously turns a college professor into a widower and
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Pope Francis not likely to get Stephen Colbert crowd-counting treatment
A Virginia company that specializes in counting crowds at large events on the National Mall is modeling what the Benjamin Franklin Parkwa
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In honor of Francis, ‘Knotted Grotto’ offers ties that bind among prayers, struggles
A temporary cave is forming in Philadelphia as a religious sculpture for the visit by Pope Francis next month. The wooden grotto will be
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Q&A: Philadelphia’s papal housing bubble has burst
Back in July, NewsWorks started wondering whether Philadelphia’s papal housing bubble had already burst.
Fast forward
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Still rooms at Philly inns for papal visit
You might be amazed, but hotel rooms are still available if you want to come into Philadelphia for the papal visit.
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SEPTA announces bus route changes for papal visit, still has regional rail passes available
SEPTA has revealed plans for its bus routes for the Sept. 26-27 papal weekend, which will see increased, weekday-level service on some ro
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Cherry Hill, NJ, releases no-parking zones and other plans for papal weekend
Cherry Hill is the latest South Jersey town to release its plan for vehicle and pedestrian traffic during Pope Francis’s visit to P
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With eyes toward the Pope, what does your heart want for Philadelphia?
What is your prayer for the city of Philadelphia? What is your heart’s “ask”?
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Both the Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club and the Arab American Institute issued statements on Wednesday calling on Republican mayoral c
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California startup organizing more charter bus trips to Philly for papal visit
RYDE, a California startup company founded less than a year ago, announced last week that it will provide shuttle transportation services
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Nick Elmi’s touch of truffle elevates a humble favorite for the pope [video]
What would you cook up if you had the chance to serve dinner to Pope Francis? We asked some of the city’s top chefs to weigh in. He
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Papal ‘traffic box’ gets a makeover
Philadelphia officials and the World Meeting of Families are working to add some sparkle to the upcoming papal visit — which has genera
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