"So, St. Peter Claver was it." The historic mother church for Black Catholics was dedicated in 1892 and named after a 16th-century saint who fought the slave trade.

Four Catholic churches are closing in the Philadelphia area in early 2023: Holy Trinity Church in Society Hill; The Saint Peter Claver Church building in South Philly; Sacred Heart Church in ...

Complete Information About The Book of Never in Philadelphia at St. Peter's Church. The Crossing, a three-time Grammy Award-winning chamber choir under the direction of conductor Donald Nally ...

The St. Peter’s Society, which was formed in the late 1800s to build and preserve the St. Peter Church, offered to pay for the study but the church hasn’t responded, Kern said last month.

Prior to coming to St. Peter’s, he served on the faculty of St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School from 1990 to 1998, according to Catholic New York — a newspaper associated with the archdiocese.

The Philadelphia Police Department has released information about the vandal suspected of breaking the stained glass windows of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and St. Peter the ...

John Stadeno, a Villanova University graduate from Philadelphia, stood front and center during the announcement of the 267th pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, on May 8, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square.

Two years ago, St. Peter Catholic Church in North Ridgeville, celebrated the 100th anniversary of its iconic church building. This year, the church is celebrating its 150th Jubilee as a parish.