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Archbishop Nelson Pérez’s installation: New Roman Catholic leader tells flock, ‘It’s time to come back to the church’

Pérez ’s first homily as archbishop capped off a two-hour Mass of Installation rich in pageantry, reverent tradition and religious symbolism. But the new archbishop’s relaxed, folksy pastoral presence cut through the pomp and granduer.

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez sits on the cathedra, the bishop's seat, for the first time as Archbishop of Philadelphia.
Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez sits on the cathedra, the bishop's seat, for the first time as Archbishop of Philadelphia.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer