Religion

Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro argued the report should not be delayed, calling it a matter of exceptional public interest.

A proposal to retroactively extend the statute of limitations in child abuse cases in Pa. is getting renewed blowback from national Catholic organizations.

For Fourth of July, Wawa hosts a series of free events all over the city. There’s always music, but this is the first year a gospel choir will perform at Independence Hall.

Pennsylvania's highest court is holding up the public release of a grand jury report expected to reveal details of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania.

State Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, is pushing to end the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases and give victims abused long ago another chance to file a claim.

Tony Suarez, a Latino pastor, tweeted, "God have mercy on those who seem so nonchalant to the plight of children being separated from their parents."

For Muslims, end of monthlong Ramadan observance is a time of feasting, gifts and joy.

One of the largest African-American cultural festivals in the U.S. returned to South Philly on Sunday.

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.