Press Releases
THE HOLY SEE: MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2020
February 26th, 2020USCCB: U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Reacts to Senate Rejection of Pro-Life Bills
February 26th, 2020Earlier today, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 3275) and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311).
Ash Wednesday In The Archdiocese Of Philadelphia— Catholics Throughout The Philadelphia Region Mark The Beginning Of Lent
February 24th, 2020Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez will be the main celebrant and homilist at the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Wednesday, February 26, 2020.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Launches 45th Annual Rice Bowl in Conjunction With Catholic Relief Services
February 21st, 2020This year, Rice Bowl will officially begin on Ash Wednesday, February 26th, and conclude on Holy Thursday, April 9th.
USCCB: Statement from U.S. Bishops Chairman of International Justice and Peace Committee on Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan’s Pastoral Solidarity Visit to the Church in Cuba
February 20th, 2020Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, issued the following statement:
The Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood to Celebrate Annual Hispanic Family Day at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
February 20th, 2020Bringing Hispanic young men and their families closer to seminary life
Mass Of Installation Of Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez
February 14th, 2020Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez will be installed as the 14th Bishop (10th Archbishop) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Tuesday, February 18th at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia to Kick Off 45th Annual Rice Bowl Initiative
February 13th, 2020Rice Bowl is a Lenten almsgiving program of Catholic Relief Services, the official relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
USCCB: President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Issues Statement on Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Querida Amazonia
February 12th, 2020Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued the following statement regarding the release today of Pope Francis’s Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Querida Amazonia.
Catholic Social Services’ Casa Del Carmen Family Service Center to Launch “Recupera Su Felicidad (Recover Your Happiness)” Initiative to Address Mental Health Needs
February 11th, 2020In October 2019, Casa Del Carmen was awarded a $35,000 grant from Thomas Jefferson University and the Philadelphia Collaborative for Health Equity (P-CHE) to fund this initiative.