While the high-profile legal proceedings involving former archdiocesan official Msgr. William Lynn and two co-defendants grind on, Archbishop Charles Chaput has established a long-planned Archdiocesan Pastoral Council and outlined new measures for financial transparency.
Here's a link to Chaput's column about the developments:
http://catholicphilly.com/2012/03/archbishop-chaput/archbishop-chaputs-weekly-column-the-nature-of-the-church-and-the-importance-of-lay-action/
And a link to a diocesan story about the pastoral council:
http://catholicphilly.com/2012/03/news/archdiocese/archbishop-chaput-forms-archdiocesan-pastoral-council/