Video Features
Excerpts from the Concert for Racial Healing
Five Philadelphia Catholic choirs comprising more than 100 singers and instrumentalists presented a multicultural concert to confront racism with hope.
Concert sounds notes of hope for healing divisions
Listen to the women music directors behind "We Hope in You," an innovative May 15 performance sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Commission on Racial Healing.
The risen Christ inspires radical hope
Archbishop Nelson Pérez shares how encountering the Risen Christ enables faithful to find hope in the midst of despair, and life in the midst of death.
Archbishop Perez’s message for Easter 2022
Archbishop Nelson J. Perez offers a joyful Easter message of hope because of Christ's triumph over the cross.
A Holy Week message from Archbishop Perez
Archbishop Nelson J. Perez offers a special message to help Catholics enter fully into Holy Week, which commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus before his resurrection at Easter.
Amid life’s traumas, God remains with us
Archbishop Nelson Pérez shares how the Lord sustains us through our suffering when we turn to him in heartfelt dialogue and trust.
Archbishop Perez invites all to join consecration of Ukraine, Russia to Mary
As the war in Ukraine continues, the archbishop and Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak will lead the act of consecration of all humanity, and especially the countries at war, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at noon March 25.
A new priest speaks from Ukraine
Days after his ordination, Ukrainian Catholic priest Father Volodymyr Radko -- a graduate of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood -- shared with CatholicPhilly.com his hope amid war from his hometown near Lviv.
Listening in prayer to hear God’s dreams for us
Archbishop Nelson Pérez shares how communicating with God works both ways, inviting us to share our needs while learning about the Lord's plans and promises.
Don’t be silent, speak and save Ukraine, archbishop says
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine Feb. 24, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Catholic Church, has remained in Kyiv with his people sending videos of encouragement. See his latest video with text in English and Spanish.