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It's been four years since CatholicPhilly.com began publishing this newsletter. Tell a friend about the stories you follow from this newsletter, vol. 5, no. 1, to our newly enhanced website offering a better experience for smartphone and tablet users. Stay informed and inspired with Catholic news and information updated every day on CatholicPhilly.com.
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A group including two men from Philadelphia are ending their three-month-long, 1,200 mile walking pilgrimage from the Vatican to Poland. Like medieval travelers, they've been welcomed by residents and monasteries along the way. See more photos and an infographic on World Youth Day.
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Representatives of the Philadelphia group traveling to Krakow this weekend for the global youth event next week received a special blessing after Mass on Sunday at St. Isaac Jogues Church in Wayne.
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The pop/rock bands Sidewalk Prophets and Stars Go Dim will headline the third annual Catholic music festival AbbeyFest: Faith, Music & Family on Sept. 24, offering young people and their families faith, food and fun.
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Secretary for Catholic Education Christopher Mominey points to initiatives in science, scholarships and new leaders to describe the healthy Catholic school system in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
But from faith formation to finances, it's not without challenges.
See more Local News.
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The Chester County parish celebrates a 5 p.m. Mass on Sunday evenings, with many ministries performed by youths of the parish. The Mass is well attended even in the summertime.
See more Photo Features.
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About 200 people from 14 communities present in the Philadelphia Archdiocese enjoyed an international potluck lunch and cultural performances at the Family Fun Picnic July 16 at St. Charles Seminary.
See more brief news items in our People and Events section.
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The Atlanta archbishop will lead a new group of the U.S. bishops to deal with racial issues brought about following a series of summertime shootings that left citizens and police officers among the dead.
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By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans responding to a national Marist Institute poll believe it is unfair to extend the statute of limitations regarding sex abuse cases for private institutions but not public ones.
Also in a new Pew survey that looks at presidential electoral preferences by religious affiliation, Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump 51 percent to 42 percent, thanks to the support of Hispanic Catholics.
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As it grows in popularity, priests, youth groups and others are quickly finding opportunities to evangelize to young people.
See more National News.
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When Pope Francis goes to Poland to meet with an expected 2 million young people from around the world, he's going with a firm idea of the dreams, fears and challenges so many of them face.
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A parish in one diocese of Great Britain will be the first to welcome a family from a refugee camp in the Middle East as part of a sponsorship plan.
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Speakers on a United Nations panel, including the Vatican representative, called for greater awareness and stronger policies to combat the roots of human trafficking among children and youth.
See more World News.
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Black lives and all lives do matter, writes Bishop Edward Braxton. Leaders from all walks of life must reassert this conviction through action so that people may move toward consensus and conversion of heart.
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Justice Ginsberg's comments on Donald Trump point out the intrusion of politics into the judiciary, from the left and the right, John Garvey believes. The high court has only itself to blame for its erosion of trust.
See more in our Commentaries section.
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Gina Christian would like to be whisked away during an interminable business meeting but she knows “the rapture” and its easy-way-out-of-suffering doesn’t square with Catholic teaching to keep watch for the Master.
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Father Ken Doyle explains that the Mass offers a priest celebrant several options for the people to express their sins and ask God to "have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life."
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The relationship between God the loving Father and we his children, described in the “Our Father,” is strengthened so that we can experience the fullness of life that he offers, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior.
See more in our Spirituality section.
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The film is crammed with technical jargon and nostalgic references that only diehard Trekkies will get. While this might be endorsed as a fun summer movie, a reference to the Starship Gay Pride materializes.
Enjoy more in our Culture section.
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