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Philadelphia

#PopeInPhilly hype video casting extras, needs dudes

Free tomorrow? Own a piece of luggage and a biz-cazh wardrobe?  Well get hyped, because VisitPhilly (and, by extension, Pope ...

11 years ago

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CBS3’s Meisha Johnson says prayer showed the way to Philly

A wing and a prayer. That’s how CBS3 Philadelphia’s new traffic anchor Meisha Johnson landed in Philadelphia to start her job ...

11 years ago

Philadelphia

John Woodcock prays for the ‘peaceable kingdom’

John Woodcock, via email, prays for William Penn’s holy experiment. What are you praying for? Are you praying for safer stre ...

11 years ago

Philadelphia

Andrew Phillips prays in poem

Andrew Phillps on Facebook prays for the city in poem. What are you praying for? Are you praying for safer streets? A healthier sc ...

11 years ago

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Jann Felt prays for wise leadership

Jann Felt on Facebook prays for a City Council tha ...

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Elly(n) Avila prays for understanding

Elly(n) Avila on Twitter prays that the residents of ...

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Philadelphia

@aabeaton prays for wine and spirits

@aabeaton on Twitter is praying for a wine and spiri ...

11 years ago

 Baking altar breads is the work that breaks up days focused primarily on prayer for the sisters of the Monastery of St. Clare in Langhorne, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Bucks County nuns help prepare Communion feast for papal Mass

In the Bible, Jesus famously feeds a crowd of 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two small fish. Pope Francis will have a m ...

11 years ago

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 A Washington Post article is critical of Philadelphia's preparations for the papal visit.
Philadelphia

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 ...

11 years ago

 Mayor Michael Nutter puts up a sign at a Center City Wawa letting customers know it will remain open through the pope's visit to Philadelphia. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Philadelphia

#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 ...

11 years ago

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 Osborne Hart of the Socialist Workers Party is running  for mayor of Philadelphia.(Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

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 ...

11 years ago

Voices in the Family

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 ...

Air Date: August 31, 2015

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 Thousands participate in the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 2010 during an event hosted by Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. (AP file photo)
Philadelphia

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 ...

11 years ago

Tens of thousands of people submitted their wishes for the Pope-visit related sculpture by artist Meg Salesman. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

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 ...

11 years ago

 Mark Zajak and his family are offering his house in the Art Museum area for $16,000 for the week of the World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis' visit in September. (Emily Cohen/for NewsWorks)
Philadelphia

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 ...

11 years ago

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