Bishop Nelson J. Perez Archives

Philadelphia archbishop named member of Vatican’s Latin America commission

Mar 11, 2021

Pope Francis named Archbishop Nelson J. Perez of Philadelphia as a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Philadelphia archbishop points out ‘sign of God’s great love’ to students

Mar 7, 2021

The 798 students of Msgr. Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School, both in person and virtually, welcomed Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez for a Mass and tour of the school in suburban Drexel Hill Feb. 24.

By Matthew Gambino

Declining enrollment forces Philadelphia Archdiocese to close two schools

Nov 19, 2020

Declining enrollment and underutilized buildings are causing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to close two high schools at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year.

By Matthew Gambino

Police: Suspect ID’d, charges deferred in church assault

Aug 25, 2020

Police say they have identified a suspect but charges have been deferred in the case of an assault on a woman who had just finished a reading during Mass at a Catholic church in Philadelphia over the weekend.

By Associated Press

Woman punched after giving reading at Philadelphia church

Aug 24, 2020

Philadelphia’s archbishop called it a “senseless act of aggression” after a woman who had finished a reading at a Catholic church was punched as she left the altar.

By Associated Press

Three U.S. bishops condemn racism in context of COVID-19 pandemic

May 7, 2020

The chairmen of three boards of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued a joint statement expressing their deep concern about incidents of racism and xenophobia against Americans of Asian and Pacific Island heritage amid the coronavirus outbreak.

By Catholic News Service

Perez: Public Masses suspended, but archdiocese ‘will not abandon you’

Mar 19, 2020

Responding to growing fears over the spread of the coronavirus, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez March 17 announced suspension of all public Masses in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia until further notice, effective at noon March 18.

By Matthew Gambino

Administrator elected to oversee Diocese of Cleveland

Feb 21, 2020

Father Donald P. Oleksiak has been elected administrator of the Diocese of Cleveland by the diocese’s college of consultors following the appointment of Archbishop Nelson J. Perez as the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

By Catholic News Service