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Poland's President Andrzej Duda, (center right), and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, (center left), walk in the March of the Living, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former Nazi German death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)
Community

Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march

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.

8 years ago

Pope Francis (Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
Community

Pope apologizes for ‘serious mistakes’ in handling of Chile’s sex abuse scandal

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

8 years ago

Mary Tuomanen performing
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philly-based playwright puts the audience to work to create space for multiple narratives

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

8 years ago

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Mike Pompeo, who has received an award from an anti-Islamic group, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Pompeo, Bolton, and the question of hate groups

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.

8 years ago

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 1, 2018. (Vatican Media via AP)
NPR
Community

‘Hope and dignity:’ Pope calls for peace in Easter message

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

8 years ago

Syrian-Style Haroset, a Passover spread made with apricots and pistachios. (Jennifer Abadi)
NPR
Lifestyle

Move over, brisket. There are fresher foods ‘Too Good To Passover’

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

8 years ago

Decorating Easter buns with a variety of symbols is an inclusive way to share holiday food. (Kim Vukovich)
NPR
Lifestyle

Hot agnostic buns: A proposal for a Pagan-Christian-Secular Easter treat

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

8 years ago

Philadelphia fire commissioner Adam Thiel said it will take time to determine what caused the fire at The Original Apostolic Faith Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘It has made us and God angry’: North Philly church burns just before Easter

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.

8 years ago

Pope Francis celebrates a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, March 29, 2018. During the Mass the pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

ICYMI, Pope to world: Hell does exist

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

8 years ago

Passover cakes (Danielle Fox/WHYY)
Lifestyle

A day in the life of a Jewish deli right before Passover

Passover starts Friday night, and while many people are just starting to set up for their Seders, Jewish delis have been hustling all week.

8 years ago

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St. Peter Claver Catholic Church (PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Saying goodbye to Philadelphia’s first black Catholic church

For the last 30 years, former parishioners of St. Peter Claver have hoped for a miracle.

8 years ago

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St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Parish has reinstated Cindy Mann as principal of the Padua Academy high school for girls in Wilmington after more than a week of protests by students, parents and other supporters. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

After week of protests in Delaware, Catholic girls’ school reinstates fired principal

The principal at Padua Academy, fired 11 days ago in a dispute over the school's financial support of its parish affiliate, has been reinstated after several days of protests.

8 years ago

Yucca plants are planted marking and around graves at Mt. Peace Cemetery in Lawnside, N.J.
Courts & Law

No appeal in suit on religious cemeteries selling headstones

More than 800 parishioners who already purchased inscription rights for monuments within archdiocese cemeteries are unaffected by the decision.

8 years ago

In 2015, Pope Francis is presented with an image of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during a private audience granted to participants to the pilgrimage from El Salvador at the Vatican. Pope Francis has cleared the way for slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero to be made a saint, declaring that a churchman who stood up for the poorest of the poor in the face of right-wing oppression should be a model for Catholics today. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Salvadorans honor legacy of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero, now destined for sainthood

For 38 years, Catholics from El Salvador have marked the date Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated. This year, the March 24 anniversary will be a little different.

8 years ago

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Parishioners at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia will wave locally grown ornamental grasses rather than palm fronds during Palm Sunday services. Rector Claire Nevin-Field holds a sprig of Miscanthus sinensis, an ecologically friendly alternative to the traditional palm.
NewsWorks Tonight
Lifestyle

No palms on Palm Sunday: Philly church using local grasses for lighter footprint

A Philadelphia church eschews tradition by using local ornamental grasses instead of palms on Palm Sunday.

8 years ago

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