“The calm of a perfect December night was broken at 1:45 this morning by the screech of a locomotive, followed by the clang of the fire bell,” reported the Kankakee
The fact that Father Martin Lintner is known, among other things, for a favorable stance on the blessing of same-sex unions has led some observers to connect his case to wider tensions between Rome and German Catholicism.
Marking almost two centuries as the mother church of the Manayunk area, the Philadelphia parish will host an April 30 Mass with Archbishop Perez and a dinner reception to follow in the church hall that welcomed waves of immigrant Catholics.