The Shrine of St. John Neumann on Girard Avenue is a melting pot brimming with religious devotion. It’s also a destination for curious tourists looking to get a glimpse of the saint’s body enshrined in a glass casket. A museum dedicated to the life and work of the famed Philadelphia bishop will open this spring. John Henry Scott has the story

Historian Thomas Rzeznik unpacks the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s recent edict to oppose any attempts to place Catholic buildings on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Who will win this proxy battle?

Last week the Archdiocese of Philadelphia issued an order to pastors and religious officials baring all involvement in placing churches on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Patrick Hildebrandt, founder of the Philadelphia Church Project, says the rigid edict wages war on historic Catholic church survival and preservation

How a community rallied around restoring St. John the Baptist

A report prepared by a pair of local architecture & engineering firms puts a price tag on the future of the 120-year-old St. John the Baptist—”Manayunk’s Cathedral.” A meeting at the church this evening opens the discussion on how the parish will get there. Christopher Mote reports

The stained glass and Stations of the Cross that framed the experience for many a Catholic in Kensington and Germantown are heading south—for good. Chris Mote reports on the relocation of iconography from two shuttered Philadelphia churches

The temporary life Hidden City Festival has brought to Germantown Town Hall only intensifies the feeling of a neighborhood being swiftly abandoned by public institutions

With another round of church closings coming, the Archdiocese struggles to build a strategy for the disposition, sale, and reuse of its massive property inventory. Alex Vuocolo reports on a planning process that raises more questions than it answers