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PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A nationwide shortage of baby formula is hitting home at a number...

Product recalls, inflation and supply chain issues have left shelves bare at home and at agency sites, say hunger relief staff.

Hundreds of police, clergy, family and friends gathered May 6 to celebrate the life and work of Oblate Father Steven Wetzel, head of the Philadelphia-based Michael the Archangel Ministry, who died April 27.

The native of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Southwest Philadelphia lived a full life in education, journalism, linguistics and music, and worked at the archdiocesan newspaper and the Child Nutrition Program.

Staff from archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services delivered an assortment of sweets and stuffed animals to three day care centers, whose clients are the

The annual Lenten campaign collects thousands of pounds of food for some 50 cupboards supported by archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services.

The annual Lenten campaign combines prayer, fasting and almsgiving to alleviate poverty and hunger in more than 100 nations, and throughout the five-county Philadelphia area.

Donations of medical supplies, food and religious goods collected by archdiocesan faithful are now helping the islands residents rebuild after a devastating August 2021 earthquake and ongoing political turmoil.

With a goal of $12.5 million, the Philadelphia Archdioceses largest annual fundraiser, launched Jan. 24, benefits some 180 ministries that served almost a million people last year, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez.

John McAleer and his Convergence Acceleration Solutions (CAS) Group have teamed up with Nutritional Development Services to counter local food insecurity -- and you can help.