Pope Francis Delivers Homily During Mass On Ben Franklin Parkway
Pope Francis celebrated mass at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Sunday.
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Pope Francis celebrated mass at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Sunday.
Two hundred strong were singing and playing instruments as they made their way along north Broad Street to the Parkway.
St. Joseph's University confirms Pope Francis will make an "unscheduled stop" at their campus Sunday afternoon to visit their newly dedicated statue, "Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time."
Pope Francis has met with a family who made a 13,000-mile trip over 194 days from Argentina to Philadelphia in an old Volkswagen van.
Crowds are forming early along Benjamin Franklin Parkway for another papal parade and an outdoor Mass, hours before the final events of the World Meeting of families are set to begin.
SEPTA says so far, they are not having any issues, but ridership has increased today on the Regional Rail line.
Sunday morning, Pope Francis visited Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia and spoke with 100 of the prisoners.
Pope Francis while speaking to bishops and archbishops at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Sunday morning addressed the churches responsibility with sex abuse within the Catholic Church.
"What I was able to do I wasn't expecting that whatsoever," says Gidjunis.
One Philadelphia chef took to Facebook to share how he felt about the planning of the massive event.
While speaking to bishops at archbishops in St. Martin's Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pope Francis spoke about consumerism and society's use of social networks.
Vice President Joe Biden will lead the American Delegation attending the formal Departure Ceremony for Pope Francis as he returns to Rome, the World Meeting of Families announced on Sunday.
Lines were relatively short and trains were on time Sunday at the Cornwells Heights train station in Bensalem.
Officials say the Lower Merion Fire Department received a call around 10:45 p.m. for a potential fire in an elevator shaft in the kitchen of the Seminary.
While speaking at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to bishops and archbishops, Pope Francis spoke about young people, marriage and the importance of family.
While speaking to bishops and archbishops at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pope Francis touched on a number of topics, including sex abuse within the church.
Small business owners, especially restaurants in Philadelphia, seem to have been impacted by the pope's visit -- and the impact hasn't been good.
The 78-year-old "people's pope," who seems to feed off the energy of the crowds, is expected to see the largest of his six-day tour on Sunday when he celebrates a climactic outdoor Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before flying back to Rome.
Pope Francis wakes up this morning at St. Charles Seminary in Wynnewood, where he'll speak to hundreds of clergymen who've come from across the world -- along with the Catholic Church's future priests.
The Pope's visit created some special challenges today for the medical community involved in life saving organ transplants. The challenges were related to working around all the travel restrictions.
Sixers big man Joel Embiid was happy to see Pope Francis in Philadelphia during the Papal Visit.
People waited hours Saturday night hoping to catch a glimpse of the Pontiff.
Each day, Vatican officials have updated the press on what's happening behind the scenes of the Pope's visit.
The mural was created by the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 and The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
Former Eagles RB and pastor Herb Lusk read scripture before the Pope during the Festival of Families.
