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We’ve heard a lot of testimony from Philadelphia restaurateurs about how their businesses were affected by the Pope Francis visit, or, perhaps, by how the […]

There’s a good profile on Donald Trump in Forbes this week, based around the obsession Trump and other billionaires have with their position on the […]

Ever since we heard that Congressman Bob Brady stole Pope Francis’ water glass in Washington, D.C. last week (in case you missed the only-a-Philadelphia-Congressman-could-do-this story, […]

You can steal a man’s bike. You can steal a man’s car. But you cannot steal a man’s papal flag. And yet that’s just what […]

Good morning, Philadelphia. Here is what you need to know today. • Ed Rendell says Mayor Nutter mishandled the papal visit. You knew Ed Rendell […]

Just when you thought we were over the Pope here in Philly, there’s a bizarre twist: The Advocate is reporting that rogue Kentucky county clerk Kim […]

After the Mass ended on Sunday and the pope and the dignitaries filed out, I stayed behind to watch the stage being dismantled. There was […]

Saturday was a good day to be a Philadelphian. A great day. Collectively, maybe one of the best days. After a not-too-shabby introduction by Mayor […]

I remember the spring of 2001 fondly. It was the end of my freshman year of college. I was glad to get the first year […]

This past weekend, when we Instagrammed our wish for Philly streets to be car-free all the time, we knew that wish probably wouldn’t come true […]

Lots and lots of people squeezed onto the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sunday to see the papal mass. But how many, exactly? And did that number come […]

As I watched the Pope climb the stairs of the plane that would take him back to Italy last night, I felt like it was the […]

The pope has left Philadelphia. You can stop sucking in your guts. The most important news from the weekend, of course: Nothing catastrophic happened. Philadelphians have a general […]

Well, Philadelphia, other than some remaining cleanup, logistical issues, and the small matter of the city getting reimbursed for the many millions of your dollars […]

Despite the perceived chaos in the weeks leading up to Pope Francis’s visit, this weekend there was an overwhelming sense of peace in Philadelphia. Closures […]