Religion

The clergy group also recommended that Mayor Jim Kenney appoint a czar or deputy mayor delegated to comprehensively addressing violence eradication.

A proposed constitutional amendment was derailed by “human error” within Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration, leading lawmakers to pursue the rarely used, emergency tactic.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Philadelphia’s director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs.

A recent survey by the conservative American Enterprise Institute shows that 3 in 5 white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected.

Philly’s public and parochial school systems have run parallel paths for many decades. But only one has been open during the pandemic.

After a year of so many pandemic sacrifices, the faithful ponder living a little leaner still on Ash Wednesday.

For some survivors, the news plunged them into old feelings and fears. For others, it could cost a shot at having their day in court altogether.

The survey found stark divisions between Republicans and Democrats on the 2020 election, with two out of three Republicans saying Biden was not legitimately elected.

The Department of State disclosed that it had no system in place to prevent such an error, which has devastated clergy sexual abuse survivors.

"Human error" by the Department of State derailed a constitutional amendment on whether survivors of decades-old sexual abuse should be able to sue.

As just the second Catholic to serve in the White House, Pres. Biden is expected to acknowledge the way faith has helped him, and other Americans, deal with loss.

If the state Senate follows suit, the proposal could be on the election ballot for approval by voters in the May 18 primary.

The Rev. Silvester Beaman has known Biden and his family for nearly three decades. He says the new president is the man for this moment in American history.

When a fund ran out, five teenagers were paid less than others promoting census awareness in Camden. A church gave each of them $400 before Christmas.

Bay Pointe neighbors in Newark, Del., say Ignition Church is violating COVID-19 restrictions by holding services without masks and physical distancing.