Tag: Festival of Families
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The Mural Pope Francis Signed is Part of a Network of Social Justice Murals in Philadelphia
In nice big letters, Pope Francis signed the last piece of a mural. He chose to sign it “Francis”, in nice big letters. But, this is not an isolated mural, but part of a greater Mural Arts Program that helps transform the City of Philadelphia.
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Are Papal Events Too Disruptive? Perception Leads to “Popecations”, Low Turnout
On Friday afternoon, the City of Philadelphia was a ghost town. While some streets were already blocked off in anticipation of tomorrow’s Festival of Families and Sunday’s Papal Mass, the streets were much clearer than most days in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Plenty of Tickets Remain for the Festival of Families, Where Pope Francis Will Appear
Tickets for the Papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia are indeed a hot item and hard to find. But one item that does not seem to be so hot up until this point is the Festival of Families.
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The Papal Mass and Festival of Families are a Hot Ticket in Philadelphia
Catholics across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia received their tickets for the Papal Mass and for the Festival of Families on the Parkway this past weekend. But some were not so lucky.