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PPA Will Waive Papal Visit Parking Fee For Residential Parking Permit Holders The Philadelphia Parking Authority will pre-sell spaces in designated garages to residents of areas in which parking is prohibited during the papal visit.

Vehicles may enter the garage beginning at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sep. 24.

After a vehicle has entered it will not be permitted to leave until Monday, Sep. 28. The cost is $20 for the entire period and must be purchased in advance. However, if the vehicle has a current, valid Residential Parking Permit, the $20 fee will be waived. Residents who purchase a parking space in one of the garages will be issued a placard which will exempt the vehicle from towing until 10 p.m.

Thursday, Sep. 24, with the understanding that it will be removed from the street prior to that time.

The garages will begin accepting vehicles which have pre-purchased a space beginning at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sep. 24.

Residents may pre-purchase a space at: Philadelphia Parking Authority, Customer Service Office, 35 N. 8th Street: Sep. 14-18, 9 a.m. to 7: p.m.; Saturday, Sep. 19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, Sep. 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sep. 21-24, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Please provide the vehicle license-plate number and a proof of residence when applying for the permit. A driver’s license, vehicle registration, utility

bill or some other document showing the vehicle owner’s name and address within the tow area will be accepted as a proof of residence. Each vehicle will be assigned a specific garage in which to park.

Vehicles which are not moved from the street by 10 p.m., Thursday, Sep. 24, will be towed and subject to a $76 fine, a $175 tow fee and storage charges.

Garage spaces must be purchased in advance. A limited number of spaces are available. Permits will only be sold until the supply is exhausted. This program is only for residents of temporary no parking areas associated with the papal visit.

Here Is Your Walking Tour To Pope The Secret Service in cooperation with its local, state and federal security public safety partners, have developed a Pedestrian Walking Map for the 2015 Papal visit to Philadelphia.

The following streets have been identified as pedestrian routes to all event sites on Saturday, Sep. 26, 2015 and Sunday, Sep. 27, 2015. The suggested pedestrian route that is chosen will depend on your transit drop-off location and event site destination.

Poplar Street from Poplar Drive to N 27th Street N 27th Street from Poplar Drive to Parrish Street Parrish Street from N 27th Street to N 20th Street N 20th Street from Parrish Street to Green Street Green Street from N 20th

Street to N Broad Street N Broad Street from points north to Callowhill Street N 19th Street from Green Street to Spring Garden Street Spring Garden Street from N 19th Street to N Broad Street Callowhill Street from N Broad Street to N 2nd Street N 11th Street from Callowhill Street to Filbert Street N 5th Street from Callowhill Street to the East Side of Franklin Square and the WB ramp of I-676 (Ben Franklin Bridge) Ben Franklin Bridge (WB lanes only) to Camden, NJ N 2nd & S 2nd Streets from Callowhill Street to Dock Street Dock Street from S 2nd Street to Spruce Street Spruce Street from Dock Street to S 18th Street

Pope Francis To Meet With President Obama The President and the First Lady will welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the White House Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2015.

During the visit, the President and the Pope will continue the dialogue, which they began during the President’s visit to the Vatican in March 2014, on their shared values and commitments on a wide range of issues. These issues include caring for the marginalized and the poor; advancing economic opportunity for all; serving as good stewards of the environ-

ment; protecting religious minorities and promoting religious freedom around the world; and welcoming and integrating immigrants and refugees into our communities.

The President looks forward to continuing this conversation with the Holy Father during his first visit to the United States as Pope.

The President and the First Lady will greet His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in the United States on Tuesday, Sep. 22.

S 10th Street between Locust Street and Spruce Street S Broad Street from Locust Street to all points South toward the Sports Complex S 18th Street from Spruce Street to Walnut Street S 19th Street from Walnut Street to Chestnut Street Chestnut Street from S 19th Street, past 33rd Street and points West Walnut Street from S 18th Street to 33rd Street South Street from Convention Avenue and University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field to 33rd Street 33rd Street to Chestnut Street Schuylkill Av from Market Street to Walnut Street The following streets have been identified as pedestrian routes for Parkway ticket holders attending the Festival of Families and World Meeting of Families Prayer Vigil events on Saturday, September 26, 2015 and the Papal Mass on Sunday, Sep. 27.

N 22nd Street from Green Street to Pennsylvania Avenue Spring Street from N 23rd Street to N 22nd Street Green Street from N 22nd Street to N 20th Street N 21st Street from Green Street to Pennsylvania Avenue Hamilton Street from N 21st Street to Pennsylvania Avenue N 20th Street from Green Street to intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Callowhill Street S 20th Street from Chestnut

to N 20th Street and Race Street Cuthbert Street from N 20th Street to N 21st Street N 21st Street from Cuthbert Street to Winter Street Below are the Ben Franklin Parkway event security entry points for ticket holders on Saturday, September 26, 2015 (Festival of Families) and Sunday, September 27, 2015 (Papal Mass), beginning at 6:00 a.m. each day. A Pedestrian map is attached.

Pennsylvania Avenue at the intersection of N 23rd Street and Spring Garden Street N 22nd Street at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Hamilton Street Hamilton Street between N 21st and N 22nd Streets 21st Street between Hamilton Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N 20th Street at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Callowhill Street N 20th Street at Race Street N 21st Street at Winter Street The following streets have been identified as pedestrian routes for Ben Franklin Parkway Non-Ticket Holders (General Public) attending the Festival of Families and World Meeting of Families Prayer Vigil events on Saturday, Sep. 26, 2015 and the Papal Mass on Sunday, Sep. 27, 2015.

N 19th Street from Spring Garden Street to Wood Street N Broad Street from Callowhill Street to Cherry Street

Race Street from N. Broad Street to N. 15th Street.

N 15th Street from Race Street to Cherry Street S Broad Street from Chestnut Street to Locust Street S 15th Street from Chestnut Street to Spruce Street S 19th Street from Cherry Street to Chestnut Street 18th Street from Cherry Street to John F. Kennedy Boulevard John F. Kennedy Boulevard from 19th Street to 17th Street Market Street from 19th Street to 17th Street Below are the Ben Franklin Parkway event security entry points for non-ticket holders on Saturday, September 26, 2015 ONLY (Festival of Families), beginning at 6:00 a.m. A pedestrian map is attached.

N 15th St. at Cherry Street N Broad Street at Cherry St. S Broad Street at Chestnut St. S 15th Street at Chestnut Street S 17th Street at Market Street S 17th Street at John F. Kennedy Boulevard Below are the Ben Franklin Parkway event security entry points for non-ticket holders on Sunday, Sep. 27 (Papal Mass), beginning at 6 a.m.

N 19th Street at Wood Street N 18th Street at Cherry Street N 19th Street at Cherry Street

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ing of World Family of Nations with the announcement of Pope Francis’ visit the same weekend.

Also not to be discounted, but obviously a draw, is the Catholic infrastructure in this town, with schools, parishes, and groups already supplying the volunteer manpower needed.

Then, again, Philly has always been the base for highpowered, highly placed Catholic activists, many of them of Irish extraction and with connections to fellow Irishmen placed in key Vatican positions.

We overheard a conversation over six months ago, unwittingly eavesdropping as we walked along with one of them, all of us converging at the same moment to a political fundraiser at Five Points in the Northeast. The famous Philadelphian was assuring his

friend, “Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer, we will get the Pope here in September.”

So we have effective lobbyists working for us with the Vatican. We could use them in Harrisburg.

But look then at the mess the Philadelphia Diocese has been in. A mess that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to settle claims of sexual abuse by gay pedophile priests.

Then DA Lynne Abraham released a grand-jury report that had shown the diocesan hierarchy was to blame in the way it handled that era, often sending those priests to other parishes to continue their perversion after parishioners raised the heat and demanded them out. You could trace the responsibility up to the cardinals who led the diocese during that period.

Dismayed Catholics fell

away by the thousands, a main reason why parochial attendance dropped, resulting in the merging of parishes, the closing of schools. Confusion ran rampant.

The same problems have occurred around Catholic institutions in other cities. So the Pope could get a better handle or suggest how his leadership in the States should handle what needs to be done.

In came a hard-nosed Archbishop Charles Chaput, who, when exasperated at the slow pace of charge, would tell priests and others, “I wish I were back at the Indian reservation with my people.”

He stands to look good, and could earn a cardinalship depending on how this visit and the Families meeting go off.

Or he might get his wish.

A lot of bad press has preceded this papal visit. Consternation over papal safety

and continued imposition of restrictions of all sorts by the City, the Secret Service, and anyone else with a dead-brain idea, had begun to turn down the expected attendance. Even labor was told months in advance no work on the heavy construction sites in Center City between certain hours and on specific days during this papal visit.

The Building Trades complied. Going above and beyond, the Metropolitan Council of Carpenters, hanging from its huge headquarters, has one of the city’s largest mural canvasses welcoming Pope Francis to Philadelphia with the nowfamous papal smile looking over Spring Garden Street traffic. Its leader Ed Coryell has placed the services of thousands of his rank and file as volunteers to help wherever construction was

needed by event sponsors.

Then the tourism-promotion gang decided we better ease up and spread the fact, Philadelphia is a great town, with some of the pressure coming down on them from the Pope’s own advance team.

Remember the other Pope?

Now a saint, Polish Pope John Paul came into Philadelphia, was greeted by several hundred thousand – and caused no problems and no huckstering of papal-event tickets. Mayor Frank Rizzo had a huge cross and stage built by the City, and no one fussed.

This time expect protests to be lodged by dingbats for every little thing they can point to, and say, “See, it cost the City.”

Who cares? Not the businesses, not the hotels, not all the miscellaneous vendors who are happy at this rare oc(Cont. Page 5)

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by Joe Shaheeli There are as many answers for this one question as one can dream up.

To us, first is the fact the very popular World Meeting of Families will bring on its own several hundred thousand of the faithful.

This city is strategically located on the eastern seaboard.

Its cost of living is below those of Washington and New York, places the Pope will also be visiting, and cheaper for those attending. We have an efficient, busy airport on the main stops of all airlines.

Railroad lines go into the city’s heart. SEPTA has worked hard to insure maximum passenger traffic will be delivered to Center City for papal events.

South Jersey and our adjacent bedroom counties offer backup for the well over million now anticipated for meet-

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We’re Great City To Visit Stage. Among the headline performers is New York Times best-selling author and popular comedian Jim Gaffigan, who is executive producer and star of “The Jim Gaffigan Show” which premiered in July 2015 on TV Land and Comedy Central. Also performing is Jackie Evancho, the young soprano from Pittsburgh, Pa. who was runner-up on the fifth season of “America’s Got Talent” and had “Awakening,” her third studio album, debut at #1 on Billboard’s classical charts in July 2014.

We wonder if pols running for office, will use dirigibles or plans to get their non-papal messages across to the papal audience. If they are that dumb, they deserve to lose.

In closing, we congratulate SEPTA for its well-thoughtout plans, making it possible to triple the numbers who it will carry to the papal-visit area.

City Construction To Halt During Pope’s Visit Here The Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council reports a revised construction work schedule around Pope Francis’ upcoming, historic visit to Philadelphia. The revised work schedule applies to all union construction projects in the designated papal security zone in the city.

Building Trades construction workers will work four 10-hour days the week prior to and after Pope Francis’ visit and suspend all construction work while the Pope is in Philadelphia. The work schedule change was unanimously agreed to by the member unions of the Build-

ing Trades and its many contractor partners.

“The Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council agreed to this temporary change in our work schedule in honor of Pope Francis’ historic visit to our great city and so as not to add to security concerns or further impede already restricted travel in the impacted zone,” said Building Trades Business Mgr. Pat Gillespie. “I want to thank our contractors for their cooperation. I’d also be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge IBEW Local 98 Business Mgr. John J. Dougherty’s leadership on this important

decision. It was his idea and it received unanimous support from every member union.”

Building Trades construction workers will work long shifts beginning Monday, Sep. 21 through Thursday, Sep. 24. All union construction work will be suspended from Friday, Sep. 25 through Monday, Sep. 27.

Workers will return to work sites in the impacted zone for four 10-hour shifts beginning Tuesday, Sep. 29 through Friday, Oct. 2.

Building Trades workers will resume their standard five-day work weeks beginning Monday, Oct. 5.

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In addition to Mr. Wahlberg’s role, it was also announced the 18-time Grammy Award winning “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin, will perform for the Holy Father as will the multiplatinum and four-time Grammy Award nominated band, The Fray. Marie Miller, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and finalist in the 2014 Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star Competition, has also been added as a performer.

Wahlberg, Franklin, The Fray and Miller join an all-star lineup of musical performers including Andrea Bocelli, Juanes and The Philadelphia Orchestra, all of whom were first announced in June 2015.

Further adding to the excitement of the Festival of Families, The World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 also announced several hours of pre-programming on its two stages: the Eakins Oval Stage and the Logan Square

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(Cont. From Page 3) casion, and definitely not the over million who will attend.

So enjoy his visit. Try to attend. But if you are not up to the physical chores to get there, watch it on television.

Banners marking the World Meeting of Families are hanging all around Center City and the areas to be marked by the Pope’s trail.

Almost looks Christmassy.

As of now, if you walk into the “box”, you will find plenty of elbow room, meet old friends, make new ones as you all jostle politely to get as close to the action as possible.

There will be giant screens, two papal parades; and if you are lucky, they may come your way.

Academy Award-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg will serve as the host for The Festival of Families with Pope Francis on Saturday, Sep. 26 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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Story by CNN Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in history to address Congress. It’s worth paying close attention to a Pope who reminds us that honoring the dignity of work is a cornerstone for any just society.

The spiritual leader of more than a billion Catholics isn’t a politician or activist, but it’s not hard to imagine him rolling up his sleeves and joining the “Fight for 15” — a national movement winning pay increases for fast-food workers — or standing alongside federal contract employees on Capitol Hill who clean and cook for the nation’s powerful but earn poverty wages.

During a recent speech in Bolivia, the Pope sounded like a fiery union organizer.

“Let us not be afraid to say it: we want change, real change, structural change,” Francis insisted, highlighting labor, along with access to af-

fordable housing and land, as “sacred rights.” When he met with unemployed Italian workers in 2013, the Pope had stark words for business leaders dodging their ethical responsibilities. “Not paying fairly, not giving a job because you are only looking at how to make a profit — that goes against God,” he said.

These are timely messages that need to be heard in the United States.

In the years after World War II, wages for most American workers grew. Strong unions and government policies helped create a vibrant middle class. The era was characterized by relative shared prosperity.

But by the middle of the 1970s, pathways to the American dream narrowed. Over the next 30 years, productivity remained high but workers watched their earnings stagnate, attacks on unions grow and retirement portfolios fizzle.

Public policies that served the common good gave way to privatization and anti-government ideologies that often benefited multinational companies more than struggling families.

It’s not a coincidence that as the share of workers represented by a union declined dramatically, the gap between the wealthiest few and everyone else became a huge chasm.

A recent study from Glassdoor Economic Research found the average CEO compensation at 26 companies on the S&P stock index is now more than 500 times their average workers’ pay. While the unemployment rate is falling and the economy is showing signs of growth, take-home pay is dropping for the nation’s lowest-paid workers.

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7:30 p.m. Contribution levels: $2,500, $1,000, $500 and $100. Personal or partnership checks, no corporate checks mailed to Citizens For David Oh, 5813 Thomas Ave., Phila., PA 19143.

Sep. 22- Kevin Strickland, GOP 9th Dist. councilmanic candidate, hosts Fundraiser aboard Franklin Yacht, 401 N. Columbus Blvd., 7-10 p.m. Food, music, dancing, cash bar. For info Mike Bradley (267) 773-7587.

Sep. 23- Irish People’s Mass is held at St. Anne’s Parish, 2328 E. Lehigh Ave., 6:30 p.m. Proper attire.

Sep. 24-27- Irish Weekend & Festival in N. Wildwood, N.J. Sep. 26- 13th Ward Scholarship Walk-A-Thon is held at Salvation Army Kroc Ctr., 4200 Wissahickon Ave., 9 a.m.-12 m. Pledges & donations needed.

Send to 13th Ward Exec. Committee, PO Box 25563, Phila., PA 19140. For info Cynthia Parker (215) 704-4461.

Sep. 28- Public Health Ctr. 9 Mattie L. Humphrey Clinic

Citizens Board hosts Natural Eating Natural Health Fair at 131 E. Chelten Ave., 12-4 p.m. For info Renée Workman Hea (215) 681-1685.

Sep. 30- Green Party of Phila. holds Monthly Mtg. at Calvary Ctr. for Culture & Community, 801 S. 48th St., 7 p.m. For info (215) 243-7103.

Sep. 30- Mayoral candidate Jim Foster hosts Town Hall Fundraiser at N. Hills C.C., 99 Station Ave., Glenside, Pa. Donation $150. For info (215) 438-5171.

Oct. 1- State Sen. Tina Tartaglione hosts Senior Expo Oct. 1 at Phila. Protestant Ho., 6500 Tabor Ave., starting 10 a.m. Information, food, entertainment.

Oct. 3- United Republican Cl. hosts Shrimp Night at 3156 Frankford Ave., 7 p.m.

Oct. 3- DJ Gary O & Mr. Hollywood host 21st & Norris Community Committee Old School Blue Light Basement Party Fundraiser at Nat’l Guard Armory, 2700 Southampton Rd., 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

Donation $40, at door $45.

Oct. 4- Montco Register of Wills Mark Levy hosts Sunday Football at Great American Pub in Conshohocken, Pa., 1 p.m.

Oct. 4- Vendemmia Festival is held at Girard Pk., 21st & Porter Sts., 2-6 p.m. Advance ticket $50. At entrance, $55.

Reserved table of 10 $500.

For info (215) 551-3850.

Oct. 6- Clover Club holds annual luncheon at Union League. For info Michael A. Cibik Esq. (215) 735-1060.

Oct. 8- JEVS Human Services hosts Strictly Business event, premiere networking and awards luncheon honoring employers and inspiring employees at Sheraton Phila.

Downtown Hotel, 201 N. 17th St., 11 a.m. For info https://jevshumanservices.org /events/strictly-business/ or (215) 854-1800.

Oct. 8- Chinatown Night Mkt. (Ye Shi) runs 7-11 p.m.

For info Betsy Lee blee@chinatown-pcdc.org.

Oct. 9- N.E. Catholic Alumni

Association, Inc. hosts comedian Joe Conklin at Fundraiser at Mariana Bracetti Acad.

Charter Sch., 1842 Torresdale Ave., formerly Northeast Catholic HS, doors open 6:30 p.m. Tickets $30. Make checks payable to N.E. Catholic Alumni Ass’n and mail to PO Box 7005, Philadelphia, PA 19149. Fund gives away $261,000 a year for Catholic Education. For info Alumni Office (215) 5431051 or Albert P. Waskiewicz, Jr., Phila. Boat Supply, (215) 332-5117.

Oct. 10- St. Maron Ch. hosts Fall Hafli at 10th & Ellsworth Sts., Church Ha., 7 p.m. Live Middle Eastern entertainment.

Adult tickets $45, Students $25, Children under 12 $15. For reservation (215) 389-2000.

Oct. 15- State Sen. Tina Tartaglione hosts Senior Expo geared toward Spanish-speaking constituents at Community Academy of Phila. Charter Sch., 1100 E. Erie Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For info Kathy Benton (717) 856-3116.

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by Catholic News Service Pope Francis said that “as things got dangerous” in the conclave voting, he was sitting next to his “great friend,” Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes “who comforted me.”

When the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio went over the 77 votes needed to become pope, he said, Cardinal Hummes “hugged me, kissed me and said, ‘Don’t forget the poor.’”

Pope Francis told thousands of journalists Mar. 16 that he took to heart the words of his friend and chose to be called after St. Francis of Assisi, “the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation,” the same created world “with which we don’t have such a good relationship.”

“How I would like a church that is poor and that is for the poor,” he told the more than 5,000 media representatives who came from around the world for the conclave and his election.

Pope Francis also said some had suggested jokingly that he, a Jesuit, should have taken the name Clement XV “to get even with Clement XIV, who suppressed the Society of Jesus” in the 1700s.

The pope told the media, “You’ve really been working, haven’t you.”

While the church includes a large institution with centuries of history, he said, “the church does not have a political nature, but a spiritual one.”

Pope Francis told reporters it was the Holy Spirit who led Pope Benedict XVI to resign, and it was the Holy Spirit who guided the conclave.

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Sep. 19- State Sen. John Sabatina hosts Open House & Sep. 17- State Sen. Shirley Shredding at Parkwood ShopM. Kitchen hosts Fundraiser ping Ctr. parking lot, 12317 at Barber’s Hall, 1402 W. Ox- Academy Rd., 9 a.m.-12 m. ford St., 6-8 p.m. Food & Sep. 19- Councilman Bobby Drinks: Friends $25; Support- Henon hosts Fall Fest in 6700ers $50; Patrons $100; Spon- 6800 blocks Torresdale Ave., sors/PACs $250. Checks starting 10 a.m. payable to Committee to Re- Sep. 19- Mankind Against Elect Shirley M. Kitchen, Poverty hosts Back to School P.O. Box 50606, Phila., PA event, giving school supplies 19132. RSP (215) 631-4939 to children, at 1533 Stiles or swilliams98@hotmail.com. Street, 12-3 p.m. For info Sep. 17- Tri-State Labor & Rachel Nash (215) 787-0900.

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First Jesuit Pope Of The Roman Catholic Church Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on Mar. 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Bergoglio, the first pope from the Americas, took his papal title after St. Francis of Assisi of Italy.

Prior to his election as pope, Bergoglio served as archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1998 to 2013 (succeeding Antonio Quarracino), as cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina from 2001 to 2013, and as president of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina from 2005 to 2011.

Pope Francis made his first international visit in July 2013, traveling to Brazil. In December 2013, Pope Francis was also named Person of the Year by Time magazine. To date, his tenure has been characterized by humility and outspoken support of the world's poor and marginalized people, and he has been involved actively in areas of political diplomacy and environmental advocacy.

Early Life and Education Jorge Mario Bergoglio was

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for his blessing at the end of his ordination ceremony. He later returned to his alma mater, the Colegio of San José, where he served as rector (1980-86) as well as a professor of theology.

On May 20, 1992, Bergoglio was named titular bishop of Auca and auxiliary of Buenos Aires; he was ordained into that post a week later. In February 1998, he became archbishop of Buenos Aires. Three years later, in February 2001, he was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II, named the cardinalpriest of St. Robert Bellarmino. In 2005, he was named president of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina, serving in that position until 2011.

After Pope John Paul II’s death in April 2005, Bergoglio reportedly received the second-most votes in the 2005 papal conclave; Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) was chosen as Pope John Paul’s successor.

Ordained as a priest in December 1969, Bergoglio began serving as Jesuit provincial of Argentina in 1973. He has said initially his mother did not support his decision to enter the priesthood, despite the fact she was a devout Catholic. By the time he was ordained, however, she accepted his calling and asked

On Mar. 13, 2013, at the age of 76, Jorge Bergoglio was named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church — becoming the first citizen from the Americas, the first nonEuropean and first Jesuit priest to be named pope, and adopted the name Pope Francis.

Prior to the 2013 papal

the novitiate of the Society of Jesus. He completed his studies of the humanities in Chile and returned to Argentina in 1963 to graduate with a degree in philosophy from the Colegio de San José in San Miguel.

Bergoglio taught literature and psychology at Immaculate Conception College in Santa Fé in 1964 and 1965, and also taught the same subjects at the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires in 1966. He studied theology and received a degree from the Colegio of

“I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security. I do not want a Church concerned with being at the center and then ends by being caught up in a web of obsessions and procedures.” —Pope Francis born to Italian immigrants.

His father Mario was an accountant employed by the railways and his mother Regina Sivori was a committed wife dedicated to raising their five children. As a young man, Bergoglio underwent surgery to remove part of one of his lungs due to serious infection.

He graduated from a technical school as a chemical technician before beginning training at the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto.

In March 1958, he entered

San José from 1967 to 1970, and finished his doctoral thesis in theology in Freiburg, Germany in 1986.

Becoming Pope

conclave, Pope Francis had served as both archbishop and cardinal for more than 12 years.

The tone of his papacy, which has become admired globally, was established long before his elevation to the church’s highest position; however, when he was named to that post, the media quickly picked up on stories of his humility.

News circulated about the fact he returned to the boarding house where he had been staying to pay his bill personally, rather than send an assistant, and that he would choose to live in a simple two-room apartment rather than the luxurious papal accommodations in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. In choosing to live more simply, Pope Francis broke a tradition that had been upheld by Popes for more than a century.

Addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square, in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy, after his selection by the conclave, Pope Francis stated, “As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a Bishop of Rome.

It seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen one who is from faraway ... Here I am. I would like to thank you for your embrace.”

After the results of the 2013 papal conclave were announced, US President Barack Obama issued a statement: “As the first Pope from the Americas, his selection also speaks to the strength and vitality of a region that is increasingly shaping our world, and alongside millions of Hispanic Americans, those of us in the United States share the joy of this historic day.”

It was not long after assuming the papacy Pope Francis began offering more nuanced views and interpretations on key social issues about which the Church holds, pronounced doctrinal views. He has not shied away from elaborating on those views.

“My people are poor and I am one of them,” he has said more than once, explaining his decision to live in an apartment and cook his own supper. He has always advised his priests to show mercy and apostolic courage and to keep their doors open to everyone.

The worst thing that could happen to the Church, he has said on various occasions, “is what de Lubac called spiritual worldliness”, which means, “being self-centered.” And when he speaks of social justice, he calls people first of all to pick up the Catechism, to rediscover the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes. His project is simple: If you follow Christ, you understand that “trampling upon a person’s dignity is a serious sin.”

First International Visit as Pope Pope Francis made his first international visit on July 22, 2013, when he arrived at the

lesbian groups as a welcoming gesture by the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope As Spiritual And World Leader In September 2013, Pope Francis called for others to join him in praying for peace in Syria. The pontiff held a special vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Sep. 7, which was attended by an estimated 100,000 people. According to the Catholic News Service, Francis told the crowd, “When man thinks only of himself, permits himself to be captivated by the idols of dominion and power, then the door opens to violence, indifference, and conflict.”

The Pope implored those involved in the conflict to find a peaceful solution. “Leave behind the self-interest that hardens your heart, overcome the indifference that makes your heart insensitive towards others, conquer your deadly

“As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome. It seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen one who is from faraway. ... Here I am. I would like to thank you for your embrace.” —Pope Francis Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There, he was greeted by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in a welcome ceremony and later circulated in downtown Rio in order to be “close to the people.”

While in Rio, Pope Francis was on hand to celebrate World Youth Day. More than 3 million people attended the pontiff’s closing Mass at the event.

On his way back to Rome, Pope Francis surprised reporters traveling with him regarding his seemingly open stance on gay Catholics. According to the New York Times, he told the press: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” His remarks were heralded by several gay and

reasoning, and open yourself to dialogue and reconciliation.”

Later that month, Pope Francis gave a revealing interview to an Italian Jesuit publication called La Civiltà Cattolica. He explained that religious dialogue must be broader in scope, not simply focused on such issues as homosexuality and abortion. “We have to find a new balance; otherwise, even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel,” the Pope said.

“The proposal of the Gospel must be more simple, profound, radiant. It is from this proposition that the moral consequences then flow.”

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(Cont. From Page 14) priests, Francis considers women an essential part of the church. “The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions,” he said.

In early December 2013, Pope Francis gave an “apostolic exhortation,” an address calling for big changes in the Catholic Church, including rethinking long-held but antiquated customs. “I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security,” he stated. “I do not want a Church concerned with being at the center and then ends by being caught up in a web of obsessions and procedures.”

Also in December 2013, Pope Francis was named Person of the Year by Time magazine. Pope Francis — having joined the ranks of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII, the only other Popes to be awarded the title in 1994 and 1963, respectively — was a contender against other prominent figures of the year, including Edward Snowden,

Sen. Ted Cruz, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Edith Windsor. In the article, it was revealed that the deciding factor that led to Pope Francis landing at the top of the list, was his ability to alter the minds of so many people who had given up on the Catholic Church in such a short period of time.

The following March, it was announced that Pope Francis had been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. He did not receive this honor, but he continued to devote his time to reaching out to Catholics around the world. During that summer, Pope Francis went on his first visit to Asia. He spent five days in South Korea in August.

On his return trip from South Korea, Pope Francis discussed his own mortality with the press. “Two or three years and then I’ll be off to my Father’s house,” he said, according to a report in the Guardian. He also suffered a personal loss around that same time after several members of his family were killed in a car accident in Argentina.

That fall, Pope Francis

showed himself to be progressive on several scientific issues. He told the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences he supported the Big Bang theory and evolution.

According to the Independent newspaper, Pope Francis said, “The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it.” He also said that evolution “is not inconsistent with the notion of creation.”

Throughout late 2014 and into 2015, Pope Francis continued his pattern of deep engagement with both political and environmental conflicts around the world. He spoke out against global abuses and the misuse of political and economic power, lamenting the disappearances and suspected murders of 43 students in Mexico; the dangers and losses of life caused by immigration; financial mismanagement and sexual abuse within the church itself.

His decision to crack down on church corruption and excommunicate members of the Mafia were hailed by Catholics and non-Catholics

alike, though they also caused him to receive death threats.

He tackled other political blockades too, bringing together Presidents Raúl Castro, of Cuba, and President Barack Obama, of the United States, in a historic meeting that precipitated significant foreign policy changes. Finally, his ambitious schedule of travel continued, with visits to Paraguay, Bolivia, and Ecuador, as have beatifications.

To date, he has beatified more than three dozen people, including Óscar Romero, a priest from El Salvador who was assassinated in 1980 because of his espousal of liberation theology and his activism to protect marginalized people.

In September 2015, Pope Francis continued to stir up the status quo in the Catholic Church when he announced that priests around the world will be allowed to forgive the “sin of abortion” during a “year of mercy,” which starts Dec. 8, 2015 and ends Nov. 20, 2016.

The Pope wrote about this act of compassion in a letter, stating: “I think in particular

of all the women who have resorted to abortion. I am well aware of the pressure that has led them to this decision. I know that it is an existential and moral ordeal. I have met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision. What has happened is profoundly unjust; yet only understanding the truth of it can enable one not to lose hope.”

He added: “The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented, especially when that person approaches the Sacrament of Confession with a sincere heart in order to obtain reconciliation with the Father. For this reason too, I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it.”

Pope As Environmental Activist In June 2015, Pope Francis spoke out about the environment. He released a 184-page

encyclical, a type of Papal message, warning of the dangers of climate change. In this letter, entitled “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis wrote: “If present trends continue, this century may well witness extraordinary climate change and an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious consequences for all of us.”

Pope Francis chided world leaders for failing to “reach truly meaningful and effective global agreements on the environment.” He also called for "highly polluting fossil fuels “to be progressively replaced without delay.” And while improving and protecting the environment will be difficult, the situation is not hopeless, according to Pope Francis.

“Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start.” The encyclical was considered significant by environmentalists and church observers alike because it was not directed exclusively to Catholics, but to everyone in the world.

ognized in an exhibit that coincides with Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia and the World Meeting of Families.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is presenting “The Clergy and the Academy’s Collections” in the Library Gallery on the museum’s second level through Oct. 23, with extended hours from Sep. 21 through Sep. 25.

Since its founding in 1812, the Academy has been enriched by the work of members of the clergy active in the Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Quaker, Jewish and Moravian communities.

“Some people may be surprised to know that the Academy, the nation’s oldest natural history museum, is

deeply rooted in religious activity, dedication and belief,” said the exhibit curator and Academy entomologist Greg Cowper.

Just as St. Francis of Assisi is known as the patron saint of animals and ecology, the Academy advances these same principles through research, education and public engagement in biodiversity and environmental science.

“The Clergy and the Academy’s Collections” showcases the plant and animal specimens, objects, books and archival materials that are the fruit of these “clergy naturalists” so closely intertwined with the institution's history.

All the items are from the Academy’s research collection of 18 million specimens, the

library’s more than 250,000 titles, and the archives collection of more than a million items spanning four centuries.

There’s the specimen of Bachman’s warbler, Vermivora bachmanii, that John James Audubon painted for his The Birds of America (1827–1838). The bird, now extinct, was collected by Lutheran minister and naturalist John Bachman (1790– 1874), who also collaborated with Audubon to produce Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

There are mollusks, fish, birds and reptiles given to the Academy, along with hundreds of additional specimens, by the French teacher Brother Nicéforo María Antoine Rouhaire (1888–1980). More

than 100 animals and plants have been named in his honor.

The grandfather of the first president of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Lutheran minister and botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753–1815), discovered the bog turtle.

It was named in his honor and a specimen of Glyptemys muhlenbergii will be on display.

And there is a gorilla skull collected by Presbyterian minister and pioneer missionary Robert Hamill Nassau (1835– 1921); spiders collected by Presbyterian minister Henry Christopher McCook (1837– 1911), one time vice-president of the Academy; plants; butterflies; and more.

Rare books on display in-

clude A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania (1806), the first work about insects in the US. It was written by Lutheran minister Frederick Valentine Melsheimer (1782– 1873).

The Library Gallery is open from 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. During the World Meeting of Families, the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Thursday and Friday, Sep. 21, 24 and 25, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep. 22 and 23.

The rest of the Academy museum also will remain open until 9 p.m. on Sep. 22 and 23.

The library exhibit is free with museum admission.

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When they weren’t performing religious duties, these ministers, priests and missionaries were busy catching insects, hunting birds, scooping snails, and writing books about the new species they discovered.

Their names don’t roll off the tongue like, say, Gregor Mendel, the Augustinian friar whose novel pea patch set the stage for the science of genetics.

But they contributed plenty to the understanding of the natural world, and now their scientific feats are being rec-

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Pope Francis For example, the pope is an avid soccer fan and has only one lung.

1. Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, one of seven children. His parents were Italian immigrants — his father a railway worker, his mother a housewife.

2. Pope Francis has only one lung, after having one removed due to a respiratory illness in 1969.

3. Francis is the first Jesuit pope. Jesuits are followers of the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church formed in the 16th century. Typically Jesuits have reputations for

hundreds of Argentines to donate to the poor the money they had raised to fly with him to Rome.

8. The new Pope has a strong education background.

Before joining the clergy, he earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires. He would later earn a liberal -arts degree in philosophy and teach literature and psychology in Argentine secondary schools.

9. The Argentine is a devotee of the majority-Catholic nation’s other religion: soccer. Francis is a supporter of San Lorenzo, a club in Argentina’s top league. He even has his own membership card.

10. Many Vatican watchers saw Bergoglio as a controversial pick for his role in Argentina’s “Dirty War”, the kidnapping and killing of thousands of leftists during a brutal military dictatorship in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

He has been involved in two court cases surrounding the kidnapping and torture of two Jesuit priests for advocating leftist theology. Some ac-

cused Bergoglio of handing him over to the ruling government, though one biographer

claims Bergoglio worked behind the scenes to save their lives.

In A Nutshell!

An Exciting Week!!!

Pope Francis is coming to Philadelphia as part of the epic World Meeting of Families celebration in 2015.

The World Meeting of Families Conference, the world's largest gathering of Catholic families, will host 100 speakers, panel discussions, workshops and more at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Sep. 22-25.

Then the citywide Francis Festival takes place over the weekend of Sep. 26-27.

Pope Francis will speak at Independence Hall about religious freedom and immigration on Saturday, Sep. 26 at 4:45 p.m.

The event, which is open to the public, is expected to attract between 30,000 and 50,000 people. The Pope will arrive at Independence Mall in the Popemobile and do a loop before his prepared address.

Later Saturday, at 7 p.m., Pope Francis visits the Festival of Families celebration and giant free outdoor concert.

And on the afternoon of Sunday, Sep. 27, the Pope will say a mass for hundreds of thousands of people on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Andrea Bocelli will perform a free concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with Pope Francis in attendance. More than 40 Jumbotrons will be set up across the city so people can see from a distance.

A second stage at Logan Square will feature additional performances throughout the day.

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FROM LOCAL beer names such as Manayunk Brewing Co.’s Papal Pleasure, Philadelphia Brewing Co.’s Holy Wooder, Crime and Punishment’s Jesus Wept, Cape May Brewing Co.’s You Only Pope Once, 2nd Story Brewing Co.’s Pater Noster and Iron Hill’s Pap-Ale, internationally it is papal liquor that sells.

scholarship — they run prestigious schools throughout the world — and evangelism, in the form of missionaries.

4. In fact, Francis is a pope of firsts — besides being the first Jesuit pope, he is the first pope from the New World, the first non-European pope since the 8th century, and the first to replace a living Pope in more than 600 years.

5. In 2005, then-Cardinal Bergoglio reportedly garnered the second-most votes on each of the ballots of the 2005 papal conclave, which eventually elected Pope Benedict XVI. 6. Pope Francis speaks three languages fluently — Spanish, Italian and German.

He addressed the crowd gathered in Saint Peter’s Square in fluent Italian.

7. Francis is known for living simply. A member of the Jesuit order, which takes vows of poverty, Francis famously takes public transportation in Buenos Aires, cooks his own meals, and lives in a small apartment. When he was appointed a cardinal in 2001, Bergoglio reportedly asked

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Spreading Word Is Hard Work

by M.J. Nevadomski Usually a communications and marketing team helps get the word out about an organization. By now, however, everyone in Philadelphia — and most of the world — knows Pope Francis is visiting the city in September.

To an outsider, it might seem the communications team for the World Meeting of Families has a pretty easy job.

But according to Tod MacKenzie, chair of the Communications Committee for the World Meeting of Families, getting the word out is only half the battle. “When the world shows up on your doorstep, it’s a rare opportunity,” he said.

“We’ve got to present our city, state and country at its finest, and to upwards of 2 million people a day.”

MacKenzie is a Boston na-

tive and the senior vice president for communications at the food, facilities and uniform provider Aramark, based in Philadelphia. He described the mission of the communications team as threefold: media management, logistics and community engagement.

Working “hand in glove” with the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s own communications department, MacKenzie’s

committee coordinates planning and support of stories for the news media.

“There’s a lot of copy to be written,” he said, “and we’re trying to plan out how we’ll handle stories on the ground and at unplanned turns of events.”

Lately, however, the committee has been more focused on logistical issues; namely, how to get the expected tens of thousands of people to the World

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“The World Meeting itself will be very similar to a largescale convention, and is a real testament to the dependability of Philadelphia’s infrastructure,” he said. “But we’re estimating that the papal visit will bring in over a million people, so a big part of the last few weeks has been coordinating with the Mayor’s office and SEPTA.” Indeed, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority only recently released its initial outline of public transit options for the families’ congress taking place Sep. 22-25 and Pope Francis’ visit on the weekend that follows.

According to MacKenzie, “It’s also a diplomatic visit, since the Pope is a head of state, and probably the largest-scale event that the city has ever seen, so security is (understandably)

of the highest priority,” MacKenzie said. “We’re trying to keep everyone informed so that the visit goes smoothly.”

The pope’s Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sep. 27 — expected to draw a crowd around 1.5 million — is to be an event for the people.

As such, it is free, unticketed and open to the public.

But the communications subcommittee on community engagement is also keen on “bringing the pope to the people,” MacKenzie said.

“We’re still brainstorming,” he added, “but we’re looking to do town hall-style meetings — especially in more unstructured areas — for people who might have difficulty getting to the Parkway. We’re exploring getting local parishes to host ‘viewing parties’ and ways to get the events of the week out to the community.”

Top Speakers Set For World Meeting

by Lou Baldwin The best word to describe the list of about 130 speakers for keynote and breakout sessions at the Sep. 22-25 World Meeting of Families coming to Philadelphia is: Awesome.

The speakers include cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, religious and many lay men and women both single and married, the latter a necessary ingredient for any meaningful discussion of the family.

While there are a large number of Americans, this is an international gathering with other speakers from such places as Guinea, Canada, France, the Philippines, Columbia, Ghana, Argentina, Italy, Panama, the Netherlands, Mexico, Ecuador, China and the Holy Land.

It is an overwhelmingly Catholic group of course, but there are representatives of other people of God too. The list also includes speakers who are Baptist, Anglican, Presby-

terian, Lutheran, Mormon, Evangelical, Jewish and Muslim.

Finding experts willing to talk at the World Meeting of Families wasn’t the real challenge, it was accommodating people who were willing to speak in the program’s format.

The program is based on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the official catechesis and the theme for World Meeting of Families 2015, according to Dr. Mary Beth Yount, the director of content and programming for the World Meeting.

Yount herself is an associate professor of theology at Neumann University and an internationally known speaker and author on such topics as ethics, the theology of the family, parenting and education.

She is also a married mother of four children.

Yount was one of the 10 writers contributing to “Love is Our Mission.”

John Boehner and Congressman Paul Ryan, oppose a modest increase to the federal minimum wage, the Catholic Church has supported a living wage since the late 19th century, when Pope Leo XIII stood in solidarity with workers during a time when the savage inequalities of the Industrial Revolution left laborers routinely exploited.

The Reagan administration effectively declared war on organized labor. The Catholic Church stood strong. “No one may deny the right to organize without attacking human dignity itself,” the US bishops wrote in a powerful 1986 national pastoral letter. “Therefore we firmly oppose organized efforts, such as those regrettably now seen in this country, to break existing unions and prevent workers from organizing.”

The once-strong ties between the labor movement and the Catholic Church frayed in recent decades. A generation of bishops, many forged with memories of growing up in union families and steeped in

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Only 12% of US workers have access to paid family medical leave through their employees. At least 43 million working Americans don’t even have a single paid sick day.

While Pope Francis won’t come to Congress with a 10point policy agenda, his emphasis on the dignity of labor and the need to challenge what he calls “an economy of exclusion” should be a wake-up call.

Some US conservative pundits and politicians insist the Pope is naive — a socialist who doesn’t understand Americanstyle capitalism.

These critics conveniently ignore the fact that for more than a century, bedrock Catholic social teaching has affirmed workers’ right to organize and recognized the limits of unfettered markets.

While powerful GOP Catholics, including Speaker

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Catholic-labor solidarity, were replaced by church leaders often more organized behind fighting same-sex marriage than speaking out for economic justice.

In 2011, when a coalition of more than 200 faith leaders in Ohio united to oppose a law that significantly weakened collective bargaining for public workers, the state’s Catholic bishops took a neutral position and stayed quiet.

Will the times change in the Francis era? Will we see a “Francis effect” on churchlabor ties?

A Pope who has called inequality “the root of social evil” and consistently defends workers against a profit-first mentality has emboldened Catholic leaders to put more institutional muscle behind the church’s ancient teachings about the common good.

Bishop Robert McElroy, tapped by the Pope to lead the Diocese of San Diego, has argued that the priorities Francis has placed at the center of his papacy “demand a transformation of the existing Catholic political conversation in our nation.”

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Romano’s in the Northeast was the site of a Re-Elect JOHN TAYLOR fundraiser and Eagles game watch on Monday night. Approximately 100 Eagles fans watched the Eagles play the Atlanta Falcons on numerous large-screen televisions.

The event was a sea of green; however, one brave soul wore a red Falcons shirt. It would have been a much-pleasanter event if our Philadelphia Eagles pulled out a win.

Our candidates for Mayor MELISSA MURRAY BAILEY, Register of Wills ROSS FEINBERG and Sheriff CHRIS SAWYER spoke to the crowd at halftime. Candidate for Council at Large AL TAUBENBERGER was also there.

Republicans came from all parts of the city, including WALT VOGLER (21st Ward Leader) from Roxborough, MATT WOLFE from University City (27th Ward Leader) and ANNIE HAVEY from the Southwest (40th Ward Leader).

Speaking of Vogler, he held a fundraiser for the 21st Ward at McGillicuddy’s in Boxborough. Vogler’s ward includes Roxborough and Manayunk. The event was well attended and included Republicans from farther reaches of the city including West Philadelphia WARD LEADERS ANDREW GENTSCH (51st) and DENISE FUREY (46th). Mayoral candidate Murray Bailey, as well at candidates for Register of Wills Feinberg and Council at Large TERRY TRACY, were there. The crowd was entertained by WARD LEADER GARY GRISAFI’S Blu Dogz band.

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Among the things that I do every once in a while is participate in the “Pressing Matters” segment on 900AM WURD’s “Nick Taliaferro Show”.

It’s usually a rollicking hour of current events, unusual news and talk about politics and other foibles. A good time is usually had by all and because of it, people have started to know who I am based purely on my voice, which is kind of cool.

While most of the topics focus on the show focus on events happening in the here and now, this week’s “Pressing Matters” featured the question “What do you think Mayor Michael Nutter’s legacy will be?”

Hmmm….

First of all, Michael Nutter isn’t going to have that discussion with you. I interviewed him not too long ago and asked him this question. Because his term isn’t over, he said, he wasn’t going to talk about legacy.

I don’t blame him. You shouldn’t mail it in on a job like Mayor of Philadelphia, even if you are so lame a duck that you’re an amputee. So Mayor Nutter is in the right on this.

But because I’m not him, and because I was asked the question, I’ve been thinking about it a little.

Especially since I’m going to be spending all of next week chasing Pope Francis around as part of the World Meeting of Families, and spending a nice chunk of next summer following Democratic presidential candidates.

One thing that Mayor Michael Nutter’s administration has become well known for is the ability to do big things well.

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My friend Henry REDDY passed. HENRY was a “son” of Cecil B. MOORE, Esq., and help plan, and participate in, demonstrations to integrate Girard College. He was Chairman of The Committee to Elect More Black Judges. A community and civic leader who also served as a judicial aide for Hon. Willis Berry. Services for the political sage are on Saturday, Sep. 19 at Greater Exodus Church, Broad Street & Fairmount Avenue, 9 a.m. with services starting at 11 a.m.... Judge Nicholas D’ALLESANDRO’S passing was a loss of a quietly competent jurist. Word on high is that he tried to enroll St. Peter in his Sons of Italy Lodge (?).

I saw a photo of the MAYOR ringing a SCHOOL BELL with Superintendent Hite, welcoming school kids. CUTE, but it does not improve scores of our kids. After almost eight years, are we progressing AT ALL?... There is concern over increasing city overtime costs. Two rules apply: 1) Be not afraid. 2) DEAL WITH IT!... Birthday greetings are in order for: Pat CHRISTIAN, Port Richmond Ward Chairman who shared his b’day with the Holy Father. To Malik AZIZ, prison-reform advocate; Judge Sean KENNEDY; Northeast marvel Joe GUERRA, Esq.; and leading debonair appraiser Larry LEVY! PHILLY GREAT Vocalist Tony “Rad” RADWANSKI was emcee at the 100th Birthday of Frank Sinatra during the Mulberry Street Italian Festival in the BIG APPLE. Bravo!...

WEIRD that a pro-KATHLEEN KANE rally story was on the LAST page of a paper which had Kane stories, not placing her in a good light, on PAGE ONE (?). Another story was buried in back pages featuring GOP mayoral candidate Melissa BAILEY’S take on the DA’s office “Porngate” issue (?). Thank goodness for the courage of one writer on a “double standard” of justice toward KANE vs. other alleged politico wrongdoers. The Kane dislikers are quiet right now, but “the barbarians are at (our) gates.”

Marcel GROEN was seen after his selection as State Democrat Party Chairman, with Hon. Marian TASCO and Marnie Aument-LOUGHREY in Gettysburg. He is from MONTGOMERY County.... What is it with the third attempt to zap Michael SULLIVAN – this time on income tax? That always seemed to me a last outpost to find guilt. SULLIVAN was found (Cont. Page 32)

Yo! Here we go again... On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence.

One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,” said one boy.

Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence. Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me.” He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.

“Come here quick,” said the boy, “you won’t believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls! Hurry.” The man said, “Beat it, kid. Can’t you see that it’s hard for me to walk?” When the boy insisted, though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.

Standing by the fence they heard, “One for you, one for me.

One for you, one for me.” The old man whispered, “Boy, you’ve been tellin the truth. Let’s see if we can see the Lord...?”

Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord. At last they heard, “One for you, one for me. That’s all. Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence and we’ll be done.”

They say the old man had the lead for a good half-mile before the kid on the bike passed him.

“The Pope is coming, the Pope is coming!” yelled an excited MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER as he rode through the cobblestone streets of Olde City – or at least it seems that way....

Nutter has been the biggest cheerleader for the World Meeting of Families and a source of intense optimism as pessimism tries to seep into next week’s event.

Nutter has held a seemingly endless number of press conferences to promote the meeting of families and the visit of Pope Francis. He is trying to pump up a city that has grown weary of infinite security, traffic, and mass transit warnings.

Nutter is putting on his best game face and selling the positives of this conference including the taxes and business generated from hotel stays and meals from an estimated 1 million extra people.

The positives for the conference were extended to a family from Northeast Philly last week as retired Philadelphia police officer RICHARD BOWES learned he and his family were chosen to greet Pope Francis upon his arrival at Philadelphia International Airport. It was a great honor for Bowes and his family. Bowes is a city hero who took a bullet wound while in the line of duty and still managed to take down his assailant. The Bowes family received the good news during mass at Saint Christopher’s Parish in the Far Northeast.

This is one of the feel-good stories of the Pope’s visit. We expect many more of these feel-good stories to come forward over the next week. They truly put the “family” in the World Meeting of Families event.

or City Council?

“The answer: they don’t think they have to answer to the people, because they think the people will blindly elect them anyway.”

She’s right when she says Philadelphians will elect Kenney. But she doesn’t understand why and suggests they will do so “blindly!”

Her campaign is missing a golden opportunity to get its message to the public in other ways than by advertising on television or in print. She needs to take a leaf from the first Dilworth and Clark campaign that seized the attention of unhappy Republican voters and convinced them to join the voter uprising and deliver the City to the Democrats after a six-decade-long rule.

They mounted trucks, stopped at street corners, and blared over loudspeakers what they thought voters needed to hear. In short, they reached out and touched hands. We read what she is doing via emails, but scant are indications she is out pressing the flesh of Democrats as well as her hard-core Republicans.

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Democratic candidate for Mayor Jim Kenney is well on his way to victory, but you wouldn’t know it if you glanced at his daily schedule.

He’s busy reaching out. Some events he attends, some speeches he makes are not included in the daily list from his office.

His outreach can be rated at 90-plus%. For instance, last Saturday, he attended the following events in North, West and South Philadelphia to discuss his proposal to expand Philadelphia's Community Life Improvement Program to attack and eliminate blight, the Community Day Festival of Beloved St. John Church in Logan, the Community Appreciation Day Festival at 22nd & Point Breeze Avenue, and Overbrook Park Civic Association Community Day at Rose Playground. He went on to cover one Saturday-evening Fringe Festival event and two

Sunday events. All without working up a sweat.

His opponent, Republican mayoral candidate Melissa Murray Bailey, continues to campaign to the media via emails and Facebook and other social media, which, more often than not, do not report or send out her statements or charges.

One of her more-recent charges criticized District Attorney Seth Williams for waiting 100 hours to announce how he would treat three prosecutors “in his office who circulated misogynistic, racist and homophobic emails would be given sensitivity training.”

She stated, “There should be outrage. Leaders should be coming forward calling for more.

“Instead, silence. And silence is unacceptable. These emails were forwarded, commented on, and read on state computers on state time.

These actions were taken on our dime … the taxpayers.

And we deserve more than silence. The people of Philadelphia should wonder: Why have we heard nothing from Mayor Nutter or Jim Kenney

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(Cont. From Page 27) the last primary, no matter how much money is spent, amounting to well over $100 per vote cast, voters are disinterested. With the growing conviction Kenney will lead the city for at least four, if not eight, years, voters will continue to find distractions on election day keeping them away from the polls, unless they feel obligated to vote for a candidate they met and liked and convinced them.

Truly to their credit, committee people will do what has to be done and that is knock at the doors to get out their voters. There is little indication via polls and every other system of gauging turnout that Democratic voters have been convinced by Melissa she would make a difference.

Kenney is already meeting with Mayors of other cities to glean what he feels best for

this city.

Statewide Dems Elect Groen To Succeed Burn The Pennsylvania Democratic Party elected Marcel Groen as its new chairman as Jim Burn made his earlier-announced resignation official this weekend.

Groen, a partner at the law firm of Fox Rothschild, was elected as the party’s annual state meeting in Gettysburg.

Burn, first elected chairman in 2010, announced his intent to resign in July. Groen was pushed by Philadelphia Democratic Chairman Congressman Bob Brady.

Massachusetts Governor To Address State GOP Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will keynote the Republican Party of Pennsylvania’s Fall Dinner. Gov. Baker, who was recently profiled in the

National Journal under the headline “The Most Popular Politician in America,” will give Republicans his insightsat their at their Sep. 18 meeting at Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.

“Gov. Charlie Baker is one of the great Republican success stories in the Northeast,” Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Rob Gleason said. “In just a few short months in office, Gov. Baker has increased the Earned Income Tax Credit for working families and enacted a sales tax holiday to spur economic growth. His leadership during the terrible winter storms this year also earned him national recognition.

“We are excited to welcome Gov. Charlie Baker to the Republican Party of Pennsylvania’s Fall Dinner, and we look forward to hearing about his vision for the future.”

Charlie Baker was inaugurated on Jan. 8, 2015 as the 72nd Governor of Massachusetts.

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Scarnati And Stack Raise Money For Kids’ Hospitals Seven years ago when he was Lieutenant Governor, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) and now-Senate Republican Caucus Chief Counsel Drew Crompton came up with an idea: Set up a bike ride for charity.

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After an extensive interview process with physician and Medical Society Alliance leaders from across Pennsylvania, the PAMPAC Board unanimously endorsed these highly accomplished judicial candidates: For Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Judge Anne Covey (R), Judge Judy Olson (R), Judge David Wecht (D).

For Superior Court, Judge Emil Giordano (R). For Commonwealth Court, Michael Wojcik (D).

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100-mile bike ride has raised around $900,000 for Pennsylvania’s children’s hospitals, including this year’s donations.

The three-day event takes riders from Gettysburg to Annville, where recipients will be presented with this year’s donation.

The first day took riders from Gettysburg to York, the next day from York to Hershey, and last Sunday’s leg from Hershey to the Lieutenant Governor’s residence in Annville.

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surance contract owned by the debtor, other than a credit lifeinsurance contract.

(8) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to exceed in value $11,525 less any amount of property of the estate transferred in the manner specified in section 542(d) of this title, in any accrued dividend or interest under, or loan value of, any unmatured life-insurance con-

by Michael A. Cibik, Esq. American Bankruptcy Board Certified Question: Are there any federal bankruptcy-insurance exemptions?

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tract owned by the debtor under which the insured is the debtor or an individual of whom the debtor is a dependent.

So, what’s the bottom line of these exemptions? First, an unmatured life-insurance contract is one in which the insured person hasn’t died yet.

These insurance exemptions have at times provoked controversy, but the gist is that subsection 7 protects the basic insurance contract, i.e. the right to receive proceeds on the death of the insured.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 – Convening at 9:00 A.M. Ronald P. Braxton Carrying Firearms in Philadelphia Hope L. Cannon Criminal Conspiracy, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession With Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Efrem D. Carter Prohibited Offensive Weapons, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession With Intent to Deliver

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It is important to note that, depending on the other property of the debtor, it may be possible to exempt additional value under the “wildcard” exemption, but the current $12,250 is the only insurance-specific exemption for whole life cash value.

Next Week’s Question: What is the bankruptcy wildcard exemption?

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Similarly, the basic insurance contract of a whole life situation should also be exempted with subsection 7, but since a whole life policy has an additional facet to them, a savings or cash surrender value, this additional value is addressed in subsection 8.

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Public Hearing Notice The Committee on Rules of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following item: 150348

This hearing is also being held in compliance with Section 5 of the Community and Economic Improvement Act (53 P.S. § 18105) for the purpose of receiving public comment from affected property owners on the proposed neighborhood improvement district plan for the establishment of the Mayfair Business Improvement District (“District”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit “A” to Bill No. 150348. The Council of the City of Philadelphia initiated action to establish the District by enacting Resolution No. 150358 (adopted April 23, 2015).

Copies of the foregoing item are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Rules, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed item.

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An Ordinance establishing a neighborhood improvement district, to be known as the Mayfair Business Improvement District (“District”), in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue; designating Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc. relating to the District; and authorizing Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc. to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved plan; all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, and under certain terms and conditions.

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His allegations that the prosecutions are politically motivated boarders on comical. For the past seven years, the Justice Dept. has been run by people hand-picked by his ally PRESIDENT BARACK

OBAMA. Also, until recently he was on a US House of Representatives subcommittee that has oversight of the Justice Dept. He was removed from the subcommittee after his indictment. Some defenders suggest the prosecutions are racially motivated. Please note both heads of Justice under President Obama are African American. It may well be true that prosecutors are out to get him. That is what prosecutors do. They are out to get people they believe have committed crimes.

Prosecutors have filed a petition with the court to pre-

vent Fattah from using this “they’re- out-to-get-me” argument in his defense. Also prosecutors want to prohibit Fattah’s defense team from flaunting “Fattah’s good acts” that do not relate to the issues in the case as a means of subterfuge. Usually character witnesses are permitted in the sentencing phase, not in the determination of guilt. I understand how prior good acts could reduce a sentence for an unrelated crime. But Fattah’s good acts were done as a US Congressman – the post which he has been criminally indicted for abusing.

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two trips to the World Series and next week’s World Meeting of Families, when the spotlight is on the city, he’s made sure it’s shone brightly.

It’s the day-to-day stuff that the Nutter administration seems to have had trouble with.

The School District is still in the toy box of the psychopathic four-year-olds that like to throw it across the room in Harrisburg. There have been times when Philadelphia Ea-

gles fans have had to negotiate a snowy S. Broad Street to get to the game. And don’t even get me started on the fact that it took almost his entire administration to figure out a contract with District Councils 33 and 47.

The Nutter administration and the small stuff seemed to be miles apart. Which, considering the fact they often treated governing like it was some sort of University of

Pennsylvania Wharton School exercise, was no surprise.

But while Nutter and the small stuff seemed miles apart, and I said so on the radio, folks got mad at me for saying if we’re really honest with ourselves, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods haven’t had a champion in City Hall for a very long time.

Sorry, but it’s the truth.

And one I’ll address after Popeageddon.

(Cont. From Page 26) From the Welcome! America concerts, which have been much better during his term, to the Made In America concert, which has drawn the ire of some because the money raised through Jay Z and Budweiser’s annual Labor Day party goes to the United Way and not the School District of Philadelphia, to the Phillies

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