Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a reevaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan which is used to calculate benefit amounts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

On Tuesday, August 17th, the College and Theology seminarians of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary returned to campus to mark the start of the 2021-2022 academic year.

A widespread humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan, with the Taliban swiftly seizing control of the capital on August 15.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education (OCE) will host a virtual career fair for educators seeking full-time teaching positions in Archdiocesan secondary schools and for special education teachers and teaching assistants for Archdiocesan schools of special education throughout the five-county region for the 2021-2022 academic year. Subject areas of need for secondary schools […]

Young adults throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are invited to gather at the National Shrine of Saint John Neumann with Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez to celebrate the launch of the Young Catholic Professionals chapter in Philadelphia.

Following news of the earthquake this morning in Haiti and reports of casualties and heavy damage caused to property and the infrastructure by the intensity of the seismic activity, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement:

#iGiveCatholic is nationally recognized as the official Catholic Giving Day, hosted on #GivingTuesday that celebrates and supports parishes, schools, and nonprofit ministries. 

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the budget for the United States government for Fiscal Year 2022 and providing budget reconciliation instructions to various committees of Congress. Included among the instructions is funding for the Committee on the Judiciary, in part, to provide “lawful permanent status to qualified immigrants.”

Following passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in the U.S. Senate, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of the Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement:

Faithful across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are invited to join together for the celebration of Holy Mass to pray for those suffering from addiction.