Black or African American residents in Philadelphia now make up the city’s largest racial or ethnic group, according to the Pew Charitable Trust’s annual report.

In Harlem, the Abyssinian Baptist Church—a gothic historic megachurch—is a centerpiece for local communities. Rooted in a ...

As Catholics throughout the region mourn the loss of Pope Francis, there will be a special Mass at 12:05 p.m. at the ...

DREXEL HILL, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Community members in Drexel Hill gathered to celebrate new and old traditions of Easter. It took place at Incarnation Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church. They started ...

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James Gunn's upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned ...

In a baseball world where there are only 16 Black pitchers in all of Major League Baseball, with only six Black pitchers ...

Betts was on the Dodgers when they won the World Series in 2020 and attended the ... also said recently the NFL’s Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles accepted their invitation for April ...

“I was very overwhelmed to see the holy father because I did not think that his state of health would allow him to greet us,” Italian ... 12 years as head of the Church. His physical state ...

Most spring seasons, Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media hosts a traditional ... The first-ever Jewish Resilience Film and Media Series, which is set to take place April 24 to 28, entirely at the ...

Amidst a semblance of civilisation, the second series is an uneven odyssey. Despite all the mush-brained infected creatures roaming around, The Last of Us was never really about the zombies.

Church attendance and membership jumped there by 750 new members. While that would not be anything notable in Texas, it is in almost every European nation. The same is true of other European nations ...