Religion

Just in time for Ramadan, Sharrima Sulaiman officially opened “The Ummah Shop” at the King Of Prussia Mall on Saturday, April 10.

These were women who held the hands of the dying and who raised the unwanted, who pushed chalk to slate to teach science and grammar and, through their own example, faith.

For the past eight years, the civil rights organization Muslim Advocates has reported scores of examples of bigotry and hate promoted across Facebook.

Many victims lost the right to sue when they turned 18 or were young adults, depending on Pennsylvania state law at the time.

During Sunday's ceremony, the pope had harsh words for armed forces, support for struggling countries, and urged the use of vaccinations to curb the pandemic.

For the second Easter of the pandemic, St Martin-in-the-Fields church plans an outdoor mass on the football field across the street.

The horseradish on Seder tables may be more poignant on this pandemic Passover. It symbolizes the bitterness of slavery. Hardships change and so do the rituals that mark them.

“There's a lot in the Passover Seder that has to do with rebirth and starting again. It kind of feels that this year will feel much more like that.”

This past year has been defined by incalculable loss at the hands of coronavirus, police brutality, and political violence. But have we really faced our collective grief?

The clergy group also recommended that Mayor Jim Kenney appoint a czar or deputy mayor delegated to comprehensively addressing violence eradication.

A proposed constitutional amendment was derailed by “human error” within Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration, leading lawmakers to pursue the rarely used, emergency tactic.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Philadelphia’s director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs.

A recent survey by the conservative American Enterprise Institute shows that 3 in 5 white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected.

Philly’s public and parochial school systems have run parallel paths for many decades. But only one has been open during the pandemic.

After a year of so many pandemic sacrifices, the faithful ponder living a little leaner still on Ash Wednesday.