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Catholic parishes slated for merger, closure in suburbs get reprieve — but why, and for how long, isn't clear
A slew of parishes were set to close or consolidate July 1, including Oakbrook Terrace’s Ascension of Our Lord Catholic ...
Vanbarton lands $250M loan for archdiocese conversion
The financing represents the first office-to-residential loan in New York City for Eldridge Capital Management.
Pittsburgh's new bishop takes over, likens job to conducting a symphony
Bishop Mark Eckman will be installed Monday afternoon as the 13th bishop of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese. Eckman, 66, of ...
A. Robert Jaeger: Why sacred places still matter in Pa.
The oldest Catholic church in Scranton, the Nativity of Our Lord Church, recently held its final Mass. For 120 years, it ...
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Philadelphia Clef Club undergoing $4.5 million renovation to expand jazz education
The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts on South Broad Street was founded in the 1960s as a social club for the Black musicians’ union, which at the ...