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Visitors assess Philly’s papal security: ‘Nightmare’ to ‘chaos’ to ‘not a big deal’
When the leader of the global Roman Catholic Church plans a trip, a heavy security blanket is expected. But did Philadelphia’ ...
9 years ago
ListenController says retail and restaurants lost due to papal visit
A report by the Philadelphia City Controller’s office finds many downtown business didn’t do so well with the papal visit. ...
9 years ago
ListenSEPTA says it rose to the Mass movement challenge
The new general manager of SEPTA is pleased with the transit agency’s work in transporting thousands of papal pilgrims to the ...
9 years ago
ListenAT&T reports record-breaking data usage during papal visit
If you were at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the papal Mass Sunday, chances are you were deploying your mobile phone. One provi ...
9 years ago
ListenAdding up the impact of the papal visit on Pa. ‘burbs: A plus or a minus?
Officials are still calculating the total cost of the pontiff’s visit — but many Philadelphia suburbs have tallied up tens of ...
9 years ago
Focusing on marriage licenses, mass media miss further LGBT challenges
Marriage has been important for LGBT communities, but there are perhaps more critical issues that have been unnoticed by the dominant culture and underreported in the media.
9 years ago
Pope’s Mass resonates with Spanish-speaking parish in Chester County
Pope Francis’ encouragement to remember the traditions each immigrant family brings with them to their new country rang true to the ...
9 years ago
ListenAs pope calls for accountability in clergy sex abuse, Chaput says Philly church doing its best
At at post-papal visit news conference Monday, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput reiterated his belief that the archdiocese has adeq ...
9 years ago
ListenOvercoming homelessness, police abuse, transgender inequity, LGBT people reject life at the margins
WHYY hosted a public forum on Sept. 15 about the long-running priorities of LGBT communities that may be overlooked in the mainstream emphasis on marriage equality.
9 years ago
Despite security jams and smaller-than-expected crowd, Nutter declares papal visit a success
Some lines full of pilgrims hoping to squeeze into the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Sunday’s papal Mass were hours long. &n ...
9 years ago
ListenWorkplace friendships essential for morale, productivity
As I do my daily scans of articles about workplace issues, I’ve noticed a recent cluster of writers on the topic of friendships in ...
9 years ago
Pope: Bishops who covered up for abuse guilty of wrongdoing
Pope Francis has defended his words of consolation to U.S. bishops over the priest sex abuse scandal but says — for the first time — ...
9 years ago
Archbishop says the work has just begun now that family conference is over
The World Meeting of Families and papal visit are over, but the head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia says its effects will hopefully b ...
9 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia’s papal weekend in photos
Pope Francis is gone, and Philadelphia has begun to sweep up the debris, but memories of the weekend will not be soon forgotten. Look bac ...
9 years ago
Papal weekend ends with long pilgrimage home [photos]
For many pilgrims, Sunday’s Papal Mass was sandwiched by long periods of not much: waiting to get through security, then waiting fo ...
9 years ago