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#PhillyFive Developing Stories: Nov. 17, 2014

Here's your look at five stories we're following today:

Here's your look at five stories we're following today:

1. Papal Visit: Pope Francis makes it official. He'll be coming to Philly in September for the World Meeting of Families.

2. Mo'ne Davis memoir: The pitcher who helped lead Philadelphia's Taney Dragons to the Little League World Series reportedly will tell her story in "Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name," slated to be released in March by HarperCollins Children's Books.

3. 'Secret' new shelter stirs controversy in NW Philly: The tale involves a high-profile developer, an organization devoted to helping abused women, a handful of deeply committed community members, a City Councilwoman, $3 million in taxpayer money, and a little-known section of the zoning code.

4. 'Philly Jesus' goes national: Ex-addict Michael Grant's arrest in LOVE Park is generating a lot of chatter.

5. Shipwreck remains are found at Jersey Shore:  State archaeologists will seek to determine whether a pile of timbers and a wooden, barrel-shaped windlass uncovered as workers tried to pound a steel beam into the sand - breaking the pile-driving equipment twice - are pieces of the 19th-century ship Ayreshire.