A federal death sentence for the man convicted of a 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue marks the first such penalty sought for and won by the Biden administration, despite President Joe Biden's pledge as a candidate to end the practice
A pandemic and an ongoing national reckoning with systemic racism made for a memorable and at times challenging first year for St. Benedict the Moor Church as a personal parish for Pittsburgh’s Black Catholic community. On June 19, 2020, Bishop David Zubik
PITTSBURGH (CNS) — Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik has released a five-point action plan in his pastoral letter, “The Church Healing,” responding to what he heard from Catholics and non-Catholics in the diocese during listening sessions. The sessions have been held since
In every tragedy, there are the spiritual heroes, the ones who embody a Christlike posture even if they may have every reason to be consumed with fury and hatred. In the wake of the 2015 slaying of nine worshippers at Emanuel