Residents along the Florida coast have been bracing for Hurricane Ian for some time. Yesterday afternoon, it made landfall. As in Cuba, Ian wrought havoc claiming innocent lives and obliterating homes and businesses in its path. Along with all people of good will, I am deeply saddened by the images of the devastation and the […]

As you prepare to celebrate the Most Holy Days of the year, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I write on behalf of the people of Archdiocese of Philadelphia to extend prayerful best wishes.

Ayer fue quizás el 4 de julio más oscuro de nuestra memoria colectiva. Apenas unas horas después de enterarnos de que un hombre armado había intencionalmente extinguido vidas en un desfile en Illinois, la violencia estalló en casa en Filadelfia donde varios oficiales de policía recibieron disparos en el cumplimiento del deber al comienzo de […]

Yesterday was perhaps the darkest 4th of July in our collective memory. Just hours after we learned of lives being intentionally extinguished by a gunman at a parade in Illinois, violence struck at home in Philadelphia with multiple police officers being shot in the line of duty as the fireworks display began on the Benjamin […]

I am grateful to the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States for their willingness to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and for their opinion, which affirms the deep value inherent to every human life.­

Agradezco a los jueces de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos por su disposición a escuchar Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, y por su opinión, que afirma el profundo valor inherente a toda vida humana.

I was deeply saddened to learn that Lieutenant Sean Williamson of the Philadelphia Fire Department was killed in the line of duty this weekend. 

Ayer nos enteramos del horrible tiroteo en la escuela Robb Elementary School de Uvalde (Texas), que se cobró las preciosas e irremplazables vidas de 19 niños y dos maestros que trataron de protegerlos.

Statement Of Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez Regarding The Robb Elementary School Shooting In Uvalde, Texas

This weekend, I participated in the Concert for Unity, sponsored by our Archdiocesan Commission on Racial Healing.