Pope in Philly

If you really want to cash in on Popemania and get Philadelphia-area residents excited about ...

On Monday, the city of Philadelphia launched a hotline and resource center to help businesses plan for next month’s papal visit. Ho ...

A national coalition of Catholic gay and lesbian groups called Equally Blessed thought it had secured space to hold its own programming d ...

The number of men in Philadelphia and South Jersey seeking to become Catholic priests took a dive in the mid-2000s when the church was ro ...

What would you cook up if you had the chance to serve dinner to Pope Francis? We asked some of the city’s top chefs to weigh in. He ...

It’s 40 days until Pope Francis, a staunch advocate for the poor, comes to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families. T ...

Former Governor and Mayor Ed Rend ...

Rev. Susan Richardson of Christ Church (and of NewsWorks’ Human at Work blog ...

Mayoral candidate Melissa Murray-Bailey submitted this prayer with her four-year-old daughter, Cricket. They are praying for the children ...

Mayor Michael Nutter is praying for a more loving Philadelphia. What are you praying for? Are you praying for safer streets? A hea ...

Mayoral candidate Jim Kenney is praying for all children in Philadelphia to have access to a strong education. What are you praying for? ...

The summer is lodging good numbers for Philadelphia’s tourism industry.  From January through June, hotels sold 416,000 ...

Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Center City has garnered a lot of attention for the pay-it-forward spirit of customers who use extra dollar b ...

About 40 percent of those filtering into Philadelphia for Pope Francis’ visit will be c ...

The pope’s September visit to Philadelphia is pushing major cell phone providers to install dozens of extra antennas around the cit ...