Kathy Matheson is a reporter, editor and videographer for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She covers education, religion, spot news and everything in between.

She has a passion for all things Philly except cheesesteaks and overblown stories about Eagles fans throwing snowballs at Santa.

Occasionally she takes photos and blogs them here and on Instagram (katmath13).

On Sundays, she blogs The New York Times crossword here and at www.crosswordkathy.net.

 

Villanova's Vatican interns get unexpected front-row seat to history

Talk about a baptism by fire: On the first day of Lauren Colegrove’s journalism internship at Catholic News Service in Rome, the pope announced his resignation.

Philly archdiocese plans fundraising for 2015 papal event

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia expects to launch a fundraising campaign to help pay for a major convocation of Roman Catholic families and possible papal visit in 2015, Archbishop Charles Chaput said Tuesday.