April 27, 2017

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column: Remembering Two Anniversaries

Exactly 50 years ago this Easter season, Pope Paul VI (now Blessed Paul VI) issued his great encyclical Populorum Progressio

April 27, 2017

Columna del arzobispo Chaput: Recordando dos aniversarios

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»).

April 12, 2017

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column: The Triduum and Easter 2017

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.”

April 5, 2017

Columna del Arzobispo Chaput: Pensamientos sobre la protección de los niños

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.

April 5, 2017

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column: Thoughts on the Protection of Children

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.

April 3, 2017

Letter from Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. to the Jewish Community on the Observance of Passover

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 […]

March 23, 2017

Statement of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. on the Death of Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore

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

March 17, 2017

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column: On Our Duty to Welcome the Stranger

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.

March 16, 2017

Columna del Arzobispo Chaput edición especial: ¿A dónde vamos a partir de aquí? Por qué no podemos esperar por la reforma migratoria por el Reverendísimo José Gómez, Arzobispo de Los Ángeles

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.

March 9, 2017

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column Special Edition: Where Do We Go From Here? Why We Cannot Wait for Immigration Reform by Most Reverend Jose Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles

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.