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Philly faithful backing pope’s climate encyclical
Notable Catholics, including Republican presidential hopeful and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, have publicly criticized Pope Francis fo ...
11 years ago
Is Philly underestimating how many will come to see Pope Francis?
Donna Farrell, executive director of the World Meeting of the Families, described Pope Francis as comforting during today’s press confe ...
11 years ago
SEPTA publicizing pickup points for train travelers during papal visit … but not drop-off
SEPTA has designated 31 regional rail stations for the hundreds of thousands expected to take the train to Philadelphia to see Pope Franc ...
11 years ago
ListenPortraits through door frames, a changing Philadelphia
Knocking on doors to ask if people planned to vote in the upcoming election, I thought I could identify the pulse of the city. Turns out there are as many pulses as people.
11 years ago
Building an enlightened ice cream business that favors craftsmanship over ‘thoughtless consumerism’
During these hazy, not-so-lazy days of summer, a woman’s mind turns to ice cream. In her quest for the perfect chocolate-chi ...
11 years ago
In the home stretch of a bicycle pilgrimage that started three weeks ago in St. Augustine, Fla., two priests and three seminarians arrive ...
11 years ago
How ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie helps explain Jim Kenney’s mayoral-primary win
Three weeks after Jim Kenney’s overwhelming victory in the Democratic mayoral primary, the Inquirer‘s Chris Hepp dou ...
11 years ago
Thousands of mourners say goodbye to Beau Biden at public viewing in Wilmington [VIDEO]
Standing at the front of the line outside Wilmington’s St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church on Friday morning, Lois Lipton Parker c ...
11 years ago
ListenNo matter how you dress it up, your ‘little redemption’ comes from within
If you wander Old City north of Market Street, you pass through a rich mix of charming boutiques, boarded storefronts plastered with perm ...
11 years ago
Diaz spokesman offers six ideas that Jim Kenney should steal
Our good friends over at Plan Philly ran a post today in which Barry Caro, the communications and policy director for Nelson Dia ...
11 years ago
Democrat Barbara Buono accused of violating campaign-finance rules in her race against Gov Christie
A year and a half after her gubernatorial bid was crushed by Gov. Chris Christie’s reelection juggernaut, former state senator Barbara ...
11 years ago
Despite online push, Oliver has no definitive plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Fattah
Crowdpac, a political-technology startup site which ...
11 years ago
Jones: Is Gov. Wolf following Jim Kenney’s lead on marijuana decriminalization?
Over on The Philadelphia Experiment, Solomon Jones considers whether Gov. Tom Wolf saying he believes marijuana should be decrim ...
11 years ago
Nutter, Kenney join education leaders to unveil ‘early childhood-learning plan’ [updated]
In a Children’s Village classroom packed to the hilt with likeminded adult ...
11 years ago
Kenney joins environmentalists to celebrate bolstered Clean Water Act
On a gazebo overlooking the Fairmount Dam, mayoral candidate Jim ...
11 years ago