Pope in Philly

Julio Briones grew up going to Mass. He was baptized, took communion and went through confirmation. He ended up serving 12 years in priso ...

Thirty-six years after ...

Philadelphians know by now that September 26 is the day Pope Francis touches down in the city for the World Meeting of Families’ sl ...

Blogger Rocco Palmo regularly breaks news on the Vatican from his home in Philadel ...

A coalition of Catholic advocates for victims of clergy abuse wants the Vatican to investigate former Philadelphia Archbishop Cardinal Ju ...

Francesca Fiore and her fiancé, Matt Kosinsky, were being so good. They started making wedding plans 18 months in advance. Last year, th ...

Camden is making 8,500 parking spots on the Delaware River waterfront available for the private vehicles of papal pilgrims. That space ha ...

In front of the York County Prison early Tuesday morning, 100 immigrant women and their supporters gathered to kick off a weeklong march ...

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 ...

A group of faith leaders uniting as the Greater Philadelphia Fellowship of Christian Churches plans to loudly decry security measures tha ...

Move over, Popemobile! The PopeBus is coming to town. More specifically, dozens of PopeBuses ...

Many people heading to work in Philadelphia during the papal visit will have to enter security zones just to get to their job.   ...

“Will you be there, I’ll be there” Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter held a rally with hotel workers and says no ...

Apparently nobody was interesting in camping out in Fairmount Park during the papal visit. The group planning the so-called “ ...

Many people coming to Philadelphia for Pope Francis’ visit are skipping luxury accommodations to sleep on the cheap. For some, that ...