Religion
After abuse scandals, seminarians pledge to ‘get it right’
The 156 young men who call St. Charles Borromeo Seminary home are deeply aware of both the sacred and the profane.
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Can a modern spin on a bar/bat mitzvah tradition keep teens in the Jewish community?
One Jewish community in Philadelphia tries to keep its young people rooted in their identity with a modern spin on a bar/bat mitzvah tradition.
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Listen 2:03At a Catholic seminary, hope for church beyond scandals
The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them.
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Attorneys expand lawsuit seeking abuse information from Pa. dioceses
They’re adding new plaintiffs from the Philadelphia, Altoona-Johnstown, Greensburg and Harrisburg dioceses.
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Philly’s Methodist churches are about to split: Some accept LGBTQ people, others banish them
The region’s bishop says she just wants the 100k-person congregation to stay together.
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‘A new era for Philly’: Spanish-speaking Catholics praise Hispanic archbishop
For the first time in its 145-year history, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will have a Hispanic leader.
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Listen 1:29Christians pray at a discount: Muslim prisoners charged more for religious texts
A PA Post review of county jails' commissaries finds that Muslim prisoners meet financial barriers to practicing their religion.
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‘It’s getting very scary’: Hasidic Jews change routines amid anti-semitic attacks
The streets of Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood are usually busy with Hasidic families coming and going.
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United Methodist Church announces proposal to split over gay marriage
The United Methodist Church announced a proposal to split the denomination over what it called "fundamental differences" regarding same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.
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Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists
Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry.
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Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims
Seven of the state’s eight dioceses launched victim compensation funds in the wake of a landmark grand jury report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
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Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved
The rector says experts must first remove scaffolding that was on the cathedral before the fire, because the scaffolding is threatening the vaults.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inducted into Philly Jewish museum’s hall of fame
The Supreme Court member connected her strives for justice to religious tradition.
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Listen 1:28A majority of Americans believe religion should be involved in society but not in politics. This hour, we discuss the intersection between religion and politics.
Air Date: December 19, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice
President Donald Trump’s order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses is raising the stakes of an already tense battle.
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