Pope in Philly

In 2015, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania acquired as many souvenirs as it could find of Pope Francis’ historic visit, to save in perpetuity.

Archbishop Nelson Pérez reflects on Pope Francis’ impact, his humility and the deep connection he shared with Philadelphia following news of the pontiff’s passing at age 88.

The pontiff died Monday at age 88. Here’s a look back at his historic Philly visit as part of the World Meeting of Families.

Philadelphia’s budget director says the city spent roughly $17 million on welcoming Pope Francis to town, about $5 million more tha ...

It’s been more than a month since Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia, when talk of traffic boxes and fences ruled the local ...

The American archbishop who welcomed Pope Francis to the final rally of his U.S. tour has warned that Francis’ big family summit of ...

One of the last remaining remnants of the papal visit is being dismantled.  More than 150,000 people wrote their intentions on strip ...

When the leader of the global Roman Catholic Church plans a trip, a heavy security blanket is expected. But did Philadelphia’ ...

A report by the Philadelphia City Controller’s office finds many downtown business didn’t do so well with the papal visit. ...

The new general manager of SEPTA is pleased with the transit agency’s work  in transporting thousands of papal pilgrims to the ...

If you were at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the papal Mass Sunday, chances are you were deploying your mobile phone.  One provi ...

Officials are still calculating the total cost of the pontiff’s visit — but many Philadelphia suburbs have tallied up tens of ...

Pope Francis’ encouragement to remember the traditions each immigrant family brings with them to their new country rang true to the ...

At at post-papal visit news conference Monday, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput reiterated his belief that the archdiocese has adeq ...

Some lines full of pilgrims hoping to squeeze into the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Sunday’s papal Mass were hours long. &n ...