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Philly sticks to estimate of 1 million visitors Sunday as demand for rail passes ebbs
Estimates are, of course, just that – estimates. Still, even a quick survey of weekend transportation options shows that fewer people m ...
9 years ago
Catholic families find comfort, community in world meeting
Walking the halls of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, you can clearly spot them among the priests in their collars and nuns in their h ...
9 years ago
With pope prep clogging roads, some commuters turn to SEPTA
While the pope’s upcoming visit has brought considerable excitement to the region, it’s also created quite a few headaches fo ...
9 years ago
For Pope Francis, Jose Garces makes a paella to bring people together
As we close out Feeding Francis, it only makes sense to finish up the series by talking to Philadelphia’s premier Latin American ch ...
9 years ago
Victims’ groups not happy with Pope Francis’ remarks on clergy abuse
Those hoping that Pope Francis will use his American stage to make a strong statement on the clergy sex abuse scandal have been thus far ...
9 years ago
In final days before pope arrives, Philly examines its conscientiousness
Final preparations are under way for Sunday’s papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, expected to be the high point of the wee ...
9 years ago
On the Road to Damascus: City cycling conversions possible this week
Urban bike haters – and those of you who just haven’t had the gumption to give ci ...
9 years ago
For many methadone clinics, pope’s visit means closure or longer hours
In the past 30 years, the Addiction Medicine and Health Advocates treatment facility in Center City has never once had to shut its doors. ...
9 years ago
Challenges, opportunities for cyclists in Philadelphia during papal visit
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller talks with John Boyle, research director of the Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition, about the challenges a ...
9 years ago
ListenRestaurateurs relish the challenge of papal weekend
Now that we’re beginning to live with the restrictions imposed for Pope Francis’ visit, residents have decided whether to sta ...
9 years ago
ListenClergy devoted to science steadily add to Philly academy
While Pope Francis is in Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will be closed along with most institutions o ...
9 years ago

Pilgrimage planner bringing 1,000 to Philadelphia for the pope’s visit
All the anxieties people have about Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia — things like which streets will be blocked off and ...
9 years ago
ListenGetting to the pope: New Jersey options
Here’s how to get from New Jersey to Philadelphia this weekend. Here are your options from South Jersey. Below you wi ...
9 years ago
Former Eagles GM remembers chance encounter with Pope John Paul II in ’79 [video]
Many people are hoping for a “chance encounter” with Pope Francis this weekend. One such meeting took place 36 years a ...
9 years ago
ListenPhilly students, educators frustrated by many closures early in the year
It’s been a bumpy start to classroom instruction in the Philadelphia School District. Between holidays and days off during t ...
9 years ago