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Seminarian Jordan Evans prays the rosary in a chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. After scandals in the Catholic Church, future priests say they hope their examples of piety will restore faith in the clergy. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Community

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.

6 years ago

Sophie Mills braces for candy throws during her bat mitzvah ceremony at Jewish Children's Folkshul in Philadelphia. Family and friends gathered to see the seventh-grader give a presentation on five inspirational women who repaired the world. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

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.

6 years ago

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Seminarian Daniel Rice, left, sits with classmates during a lesson on the Gospel of Luke at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa. (Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)
Community

At 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.

6 years ago

Clouds are lit by the rising sun over St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Attorneys expand lawsuit seeking abuse information from Pa. dioceses

They’re adding new plaintiffs from the Philadelphia, Altoona-Johnstown, Greensburg and Harrisburg dioceses.

6 years ago

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Community
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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.

6 years ago

David Serrano is the director of religious education at Visitation BVM church in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘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.

6 years ago

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An example of the kind of Quran in prisons. Texts like these cost less than $5 to purchase on the outside, but county jails sell them for almost quadruple that price. (Joseph Darius Jaafari/PA Post)
Courts & Law
PA Post

Christians 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.

6 years ago

People walk through the Orthodox Jewish section of a Brooklyn neighborhood last month. Tensions remain high in Jewish communities following a series of attacks and incidents in recent weeks. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

‘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.

6 years ago

A rainbow gay pride flag flies below the U.S. flag last year in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

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.

6 years ago

Joey Covino poses for a photo at his home in Saugus, Mass. Covino was abused when he was 9-years-old by Rev. Richard J. McCormick at a summer camp in Massachusetts.  (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Community

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.

6 years ago

Clouds are lit by the rising sun over St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia.
Community

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.

6 years ago

Notre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Community

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.

6 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the National Museum of American Jewish History. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

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.

6 years ago

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A worshipper wears an
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Religion and politics

A 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

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Yeshiva University students Aaron Heideman, (left), and Marc Shapiro study in the university's library in New York, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. They praised President Donald Trump's executive order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on U.S. college campuses. They said they worry that friends attending other universities might be targeted by anti-Semitic attacks and that this could help protect them. (Luis Andres Henao/AP Photo)

Anti-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.

6 years ago

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