PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- As cities around the world celebrate Palm Sunday, Philadelphia's historic church the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas also took part. Members of the church and visitors ...

Called the Philadelphia 11, the women were from around the country — many did not know one another — and congregated in Philadelphia to receive the laying of hands by four bishops, whose calling to ...

Dalessandro declares “W.W. 1797” to be the “high holy” of the carvings. It’s carved onto a wooden ladder about 100 feet off the ground nearing the steeple. He believed the W.W. stands for William ...

It's a long-standing tradition of the church, the first black Episcopal Church in the nation, founded in 1792, and the oldest African American Church in Philadelphia.

The Rev. Ray Buchanan, rector of Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, prays for Rocket, a guinea pig owned by Colleen Bearden at the church's Healing Service for Pets on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in ...