Pope in Philly
Are taxpayers on the hook for higher pope costs? The city isn’t saying
Philadelphia’s budget director says the city spent roughly $17 million on welcoming Pope Francis to town, about $5 million more tha
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Five things Philly officials learned from Pope Francis’ visit
It’s been more than a month since Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia, when talk of traffic boxes and fences ruled the local
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ListenUS bishop warns of ‘anxiety’ at pope’s family summit
The American archbishop who welcomed Pope Francis to the final rally of his U.S. tour has warned that Francis’ big family summit of
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Legacy of Knotted Grotto will remain in several Philly properties [photos]
One of the last remaining remnants of the papal visit is being dismantled. More than 150,000 people wrote their intentions on strip
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Visitors assess Philly’s papal security: ‘Nightmare’ to ‘chaos’ to ‘not a big deal’
When the leader of the global Roman Catholic Church plans a trip, a heavy security blanket is expected.
But did Philadelphia’
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Controller says retail and restaurants lost due to papal visit
A report by the Philadelphia City Controller’s office finds many downtown business didn’t do so well with the papal visit.
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SEPTA says it rose to the Mass movement challenge
The new general manager of SEPTA is pleased with the transit agency’s work in transporting thousands of papal pilgrims to the
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ListenAT&T reports record-breaking data usage during papal visit
If you were at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the papal Mass Sunday, chances are you were deploying your mobile phone. One provi
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Adding up the impact of the papal visit on Pa. ‘burbs: A plus or a minus?
Officials are still calculating the total cost of the pontiff’s visit — but many Philadelphia suburbs have tallied up tens of
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Pope’s Mass resonates with Spanish-speaking parish in Chester County
Pope Francis’ encouragement to remember the traditions each immigrant family brings with them to their new country rang true to the
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As pope calls for accountability in clergy sex abuse, Chaput says Philly church doing its best
At at post-papal visit news conference Monday, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput reiterated his belief that the archdiocese has adeq
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Despite security jams and smaller-than-expected crowd, Nutter declares papal visit a success
Some lines full of pilgrims hoping to squeeze into the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for Sunday’s papal Mass were hours long.
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Pope: Bishops who covered up for abuse guilty of wrongdoing
Pope Francis has defended his words of consolation to U.S. bishops over the priest sex abuse scandal but says — for the first time —
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Archbishop says the work has just begun now that family conference is over
The World Meeting of Families and papal visit are over, but the head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia says its effects will hopefully b
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Philadelphia’s papal weekend in photos
Pope Francis is gone, and Philadelphia has begun to sweep up the debris, but memories of the weekend will not be soon forgotten. Look bac
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