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Overcoming 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.
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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 ...
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Workplace 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 ...
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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 — ...
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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 ...
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Philadelphia’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 ...
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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 ...
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‘What are you going to do?’ Living the words behind St. Katharine Drexel
A false alarm. After his visit to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia, many speculated that Pope Francis woul ...
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No room at the security checkpoint for these pilgrims [photos]
Just because you had a ticket to see Pope Francis celebrate mass on the Parkway on Sunday, doesn’t mean you were able to get in. ...
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Hundreds of thousands attend Mass on Benjamin Franklin Parkway [photos]
On an altar on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with a backdrop of the iconic Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pope Francis spoke about faith, h ...
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Pope Francis stopped at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia on his way back to the city before celebrating Mass in front of a ...
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NJ Transit River Line service resuming at 5 p.m.
New Jersey Transit will resume service on its River Line from Camden to Trenton at 5 p.m. Trains will run every 30 minutes between ...
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PATCO train service to pope event ends around 4 p.m.
The opportunity to take a PATCO train from New Jersey to see the pope in Philadelphia is winding down. The last westbound train to ...
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Small fire at seminary hosting pope was quickly put out
Church officials say a small fire overnight at the seminary where Pope Francis was staying was quickly extinguished and caused no injurie ...
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Pope Francis delivers message of hope to inmates at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility
Pope Francis visited Philadelphia’s Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility with a messag ...
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