Hace exactamente 50 años esta temporada de Pascua, el papa Pablo VI (ahora beato Pablo VI) emitió su gran encíclica Populorum Progressio («Sobre la necesidad de promover el desarrollo de los pueblos»).

This year and every year, Holy Week is a time to remember that, as the late Cardinal Augustin Mayer once said, “nothing great is ever achieved without suffering.”

Pensamientos sobre la protección de los niños
Cada abril, nuestra Iglesia local participa en la celebración nacional del mes para la Prevención y Concientización del Abuso Sexual Infantil. Los católicos en la Arquidiócesis comparten un compromiso continuo para crear entornos en la parroquia y escuela que son seguros y que protegen a nuestros jóvenes de todo daño.

Catholics across the Archdiocese share an ongoing commitment to create parish and school environments that are safe and that protect our young people from harm.

Dear Friends, Now that the annual observance of Passover is drawing near, I take this opportunity to send greetings to the Jewish community in the Philadelphia area. Both on my own, and in union with the clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, I offer my prayerful best wishes on this holy occasion. We […]

I was deeply saddened today to learn of the death of Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore.

For immigrants and refugees now in the United States, or who hope to come here in the near future, recent weeks have been a steady diet of anxiety and confusion.

El 8 de marzo, hablando ante una conferencia del Instituto Napa en Washington, D.C., el arzobispo de Los Ángeles, José Gómez, pronunció una de las conversaciones más convincentes y sensatas en la memoria reciente sobre nuestros actuales dilemas de inmigración. Aliento firmemente a los sacerdotes y a personas en toda la región de Filadelfia para que lean, compartan, reflexionen y hagan sus propias convicciones sobre lo que el Arzobispo Gómez expresa en estos pensamientos.

On March 8, speaking to a Napa Institute conference in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez delivered one of the most compelling and sensible talks in recent memory on our current immigration dilemmas. I strongly encourage priests and people across the Greater Philadelphia region to read, share, reflect on and make their own the convictions Archbishop Gomez expresses in these thoughts.

Violence and hate against anyone, simply because of who they are, is inexcusable.