Archdiocesan Chief Financial Officer, Tim O’Shaughnessy, has announced his intention to consider and pursue other career opportunities; a search has been launched to identify his successor.

Reverend Steven J. Marinucci has been placed on administrative leave and his priestly faculties have been restricted following an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the late 1970s. Today’s Announcement Regarding Reverend Steven J. Marinucci In late January 2019, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia received an allegation that Reverend Steven J. Marinucci sexually abused […]

Students from elementary schools, high schools, and schools of special education packaged 3,000 bags to benefit Catholic Housing and Community Services

February 2 each year marks the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, based on the Gospel of Luke 2:22-40.  Formerly known as the “Feast of the Purification of Mary,” the day commemorates the Holy Family’s visit to the Temple in Jerusalem for Mary’s ritual purification 40 days after childbirth, and the presentation of Jesus as a first born son according to the Torah.

This summer marks the 500th anniversary of the Leipzig Debate between Martin Luther, then still an Augustinian monk, and Johann Eck, one of the leading Catholic scholars of his age.  The issue at hand was the legitimacy of indulgences, but much deeper and sharper theological differences between the two men soon became clear.