Religion

Philadelphia still has more than 800 historic sacred places, but 23 had been demolished between 2011 and 2015 and that 39 were vacant as of last year.

Tensions between the two faith traditions are hardly new. As fierce adversaries, they once cast doubt on each other's legitimacy as heirs to the church of Jesus Christ.

The 884-page report covers the findings across the six dioceses, which, in addition to Erie, include: Harrisburg, Allentown, Pittsburgh, Scranton and Greensburg.

Pope Francis' reported comments have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.

One of Philadelphia's prominent Jewish culture centers, The Gershman Y, will change its mission to focus solely on film.

It is not uncommon for Islamic clerics to issue such fatwas. In January, more than 1,800 clerics in Pakistan declared a directive that forbade suicide bombings.

The presidents of Israel and Poland joined thousands of others Thursday for a Holocaust remembrance event at the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Francis blamed a lack of "truthful and balanced information."

This semester, Haverford College's Friend in Residence program brings Mary Tuomanen to the campus.

We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.

On Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis called for peace, beginning with Syria and extending to Israel.

Abadi's new cookbook, Too Good To Passover, collects Passover recipes from nearly two dozen countries.

Hot cross buns, the classic Easter treat, is a perfect example of how traditional foods can be repurposed to support new ideas and beliefs.

A North Philly church that's been a pillar of the community burned in a three-alarm fire Thursday afternoon, leaving the small congregation without a worship space.

Things got a little heated at the Vatican this week when an Italian journalist reported that Pope Francis denied the existence of hell.