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More Than 80 Philadelphia Archdiocese Elementary Schools Closed For A Day...
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Students in some area Catholic elementary schools are getting a day off this week as teachers meet to learn more about what lies ahead. More than 80 Archdiocese...
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St. Donato’s Parish, in Overbrook, To Be Merged
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The process of trimming the number of Catholic parishes in Philadelphia continues, with the announcement yesterday that St. Donato’s Church, in the Overbrook section of...
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Phila. Archdiocese Says It Was Powerless To Stop Sale of Latino Church ‘La...
By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Latino Catholic church in Philadelphia has closed, but parishioners will still have a place to worship. La Milagrosa, at 19th and Spring Garden Streets, has been a...
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Report: Philadelphia Archdiocese Had $39-Million Deficit In 2012
By Mike DeNardo, Pat Ciarrocchi PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The leader of Philadelphia’s Catholics warned that the financial report being released today by the archdiocese wouldn’t be pretty. And it’s not....
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Phila. Archdiocese Hoping Cemeteries, Nursing Homes Will Help Its Sagging...
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is taking more steps to remedy its financial straits, putting its six nursing homes up for sale and pursuing management outsourcing...
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All Philadelphia School District and Archdiocese Schools CLOSED Thursday
By Mark Abrams PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Anticipating the inevitable, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced shortly after noon today that all of its city schools will be closed on Thursday, February...
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Area Parish Consolidations Will Move Rapidly, Phila. Archdiocese Says
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Catholics across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are dealing with news of a round of parish mergers announced over the weekend (see related story). Yes,...
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Group Plans Protest Over Archdiocese of Phila. Parish Consolidations
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As sixteen Philadelphia-area Catholic churches merge after this weekend’s masses (see related story), some activists were planning a protest against the process....
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Phila. Archdiocese Selling 7 Nursing Homes and Senior Facilities
By Mark Abrams PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has reached an agreement to sell nursing homes and senior-living facilities it operates in the five-county area. It’s a significant...
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Removal Of Sacred Objects From Fishtown Church Sparks Outrage, Renewed Will...
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Longtime members of St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown weren’t happy with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia when it removed relic structures from the building this...
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