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The Houck family

Mark Houck and wife sue FBI, DOJ for malicious prosecution

Nov 8, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

The Houcks are being represented by a Kansas City-based law firm with the support of 40 Days for Life, with... Read more

Bishop Timothy Senior, then-rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, leads a tree blessing ceremony for the Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Sept. 1, 2015.

St. Charles Seminary receives $1.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment to improve preaching

Oct 8, 2023

By Matthew Gambino

The Philadelphia-based seminary has received the largest single programming grant from a charitable foundation in its almost 190-year history. Read more

Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, speaks at Philadelphia’s Eucharistic Congress on Sept. 30, 2023. 

Be joyful, the Eucharist is not just a metaphor, Bishop Burbidge says

Oct 3, 2023

By Daniel Payne

At the opening Mass of Philadelphia’s Eucharistic Congress, Burbidge said a “common error” is that “some people mistakenly see the... Read more

Eduard Habsburg.

Eduard Habsburg, Hungary’s man at the Vatican, talks Pope Francis, cheesesteak, and family secrets

May 11, 2023

By Zelda Caldwell

On a recent visit to Washington, D.C., the archduke of Austria sat down with CNA to discuss his new book... Read more

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‘Cannabis Studies’ program at St. Joseph’s University a ‘scandal,’ theologian says

Mar 10, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

The Jesuit Catholic St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia is now offering four certificates in “cannabis studies.” Read more

Planned Parenthood gets millions of dollars in federal support each year.

FBI raids home of pro-life leader on questionable charges

Sep 23, 2022

By CNA Staff

If convicted, he could face up to 11 years in prison. Read more

Hope Pregnancy Center in Philadelphia had four windows and three glass doors smashed sometimes between Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11, 2022.

Another pro-life clinic attacked, this one in Philadelphia

Jun 15, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

Glass doors and windows were smashed and graffiti was written on the building. Read more

The Venerable Cornelia Connelly (1809-1879), pictured around 1877. Public Domain.

Plan to exhume body of US-born nun buried in England withdrawn after outcry

Feb 25, 2021

A religious order announced on Thursday that it had withdrawn an application to exhume the body of its US-born founder... Read more

Philadelphia archdiocese addresses race and Catholicism in Zoom event

Feb 10, 2021

By Perry West

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia hosted a Zoom conference on “Race and Catholicism” for more than 200 Catholics last week. Read more

Greensburg adoption, foster program shuts down amid legal battle

Nov 19, 2019

Catholic adoption and foster care agencies in Pennsylvania are continuing to close their doors as Catholic Social Services of the... Read more

'Safe injection site' denounced as false solution to Philadelphia drug problem

Nov 3, 2019

A proposal to create a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has drawn criticism from the local archbishop and others who... Read more

Sharonell Fulton has fostered more than 40 children through Catholic Social Services. Photo courtesy of Becket.

Foster moms ask Supreme Court to hear Philadelphia case

Jul 23, 2019

"As a single mom and woman of color, I've known a thing or two about discrimination over the years..." Read more

Court rules against Catholic foster agency in Philadelphia

Apr 23, 2019

After a yearlong legal struggle, a federal appeals court has ruled that city contractors in Philadelphia must place foster children... Read more

The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, which houses the relics of St. Katharine Drexel.

St. Katharine Drexel's tomb at Philadelphia cathedral named an archdiocesan shrine

Mar 1, 2019

By Perry West

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced that the recently constructed tomb of St. Katharine Drexel at the Cathedral Basilica of... Read more

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia archdiocese has authorized $8.4 million to abuse victims

Feb 19, 2019

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has so far authorized more than $8.4 million in compensation to survivors of child sexual abuse... Read more

Supreme Court denies relief to Philadelphia Catholic foster care agency

Aug 30, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Wednesday to compel the city of Philadelphia to resume working with Catholic Social Services (CSS)... Read more

Philly mom feels 'rejected' by ban on referrals to Catholic foster agency

May 31, 2018

Over the past 25 years, Sharonell Fulton has been a mother to more than 40 children through foster parenting in... Read more

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia speaks at the Vatican Press Office, March 25, 2014.

Citing growing interest in Traditional Latin Mass, Archbishop Chaput creates quasi-parish

Apr 11, 2018

A new quasi-parish for Catholics interested in the Traditional Latin Mass will open in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at a... Read more

Philly archdiocese responds after city halts foster care placements

Mar 16, 2018

By Courtney Mares

After the City of Philadelphia announced it has stopped using Catholic Social Services’ foster care program because it does not... Read more

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia speaks at the Vatican Press Office, March 25, 2014.

Chaput: Everyone who's a legal citizen should come pray for immigrants

Mar 18, 2017

As fears of deportation threaten to keep many immigrants home from a prayer service on Sunday, Archbishop Charles Chaput of... Read more