This week’s column has two simple goals.  The first is to alert people to an important new religious liberty initiative at Villanova University. The Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion, and Public Policy, founded just last year, is led by University Professor of Law and Religion Michael Moreland.  Professor Moreland is a veteran of […]

He was a man of civility, nonviolence, intelligence, and respect for his opponents; but also a man with a tireless zeal for justice, inspired and directed by his Christian faith. 

These few remaining days before Easter are the most sacred time of every year.  I began writing this column to explain what the word “holy” in Holy Week means.  But actions often speak and teach more loudly than words. On Friday, March 23, an Islamist gunman in southern France attacked a supermarket.  A jihadist loyal […]

Estos días restantes antes de Pascua son el momento más sagrado de cada año.

Due to inclement weather, Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced the postponement of the dedication and blessing of Saint John Neumann Place II that was originally scheduled to take place Friday, March 23rd in South Philadelphia.

Due to impending inclement weather as forecasted by the National Weather Service, Archdiocesan high schools and parochial elementary schools in the City of Philadelphia will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

Dear Friends, Now that this year’s observance of Passover is approaching, I want to extend to the local Jewish community my prayerful best wishes as you enter into this sacred time. I do so united with all the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The 52-unit facility will provide affordable housing for senior citizens in South Philadelphia and will be the fourth of its nature opened by Catholic Health Care Services.

Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday March 25, 2018 – April 1, 2018