Posts tagged with Religion

Last Updated: Feb. 10, 2017 · 6:22 p.m.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is helping the Muslim community after the terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand

Cardinal Wuerl claimed he didn’t know about sex abuse accusations against a former church official. A 14-year-old document proves he did.

Pittsburgh is “a dream pilgrimage for Catholics who love their church and enjoy brews,” this Catholic website says

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What’s in a slogan? Exploring the mysterious mottos of 5 Pittsburgh-area communities

From America’s Small Town Music Capital to The Magic City to The Holy City.

Dozens of cars parade through Pittsburgh.

Photos: Dozens of menorah-topped cars parade through Pittsburgh for Hanukkah

"Harnessing that holiday spirit and keeping these traditions alive is what will help us heal and move forward."

Unorthodox hosts Stephanie Butnick, Mark Oppenheimer, and Liel Leibovitz with Shay Khatiri.

The Iranian political asylum seeker who raised $1M for Tree of Life finally visited Pittsburgh

Hear him on the Unorthodox podcast.

The Pa. Supreme Court has ruled against releasing the names of 11 clerics implicated in the clergy sex abuse grand jury report

This week’s gathering of Catholic bishops in Baltimore was supposed to yield new policy addressing the church’s child sex abuse crisis. The Vatican insisted it wait.

A three-day conference with U.S. Bishops begins today in Baltimore. The clergy sex abuse crisis will dominate the proceedings.

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik plans four public listening sessions on sexual abuse in the Catholic church

This photo from 1965 of Murray Avenue shows the neighborhood's older Jewish businesses.

This is Squirrel Hill: How one neighborhood became Pittsburgh’s ‘center of Jewish life’

“My hope is that the result of this event is that the things that make the neighborhood special get pushed to become even more special."

Feds investigating clergy sex abuse tell dioceses to preserve their records

Federal authorities are now investigating clergy abuse by Catholic priests in Pennsylvania

Did the Pa. Senate just quit on the clergy abuse bill?

Bishop Zubik will lead a “mass of repentance” in Oakland on Sunday

Could Pa. Catholic leadership be criminally charged? A landmark Philadelphia case may hold the answer.

Bishop David Zubik calls for a ‘Year Of Repentance’

The New York Times did a lengthy profile of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, “the man behind the bombshell investigation of clergy sexual abuse”

Missouri will investigate allegations of clergy sex abuse following Pennsylvania’s grand jury report

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has fielded about 50 new allegations of abuse since last week’s grand jury report release