{"id":105338,"date":"2026-02-04T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/105338\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:50:08","slug":"usccb-president-calls-for-holy-hour-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/105338\/","title":{"rendered":"USCCB President Calls for Holy Hour for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-222764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CPGFIMG_4952.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"264\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Sarah Webb\/Archdiocese of Philadelphia)<\/p>\n<p>By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted February 4, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Responding to a nationwide call from Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will join dioceses across the country in offering a Holy Hour for Peace.<\/p>\n<p>In a Jan. 28 statement, Archbishop Coakley urged Catholics to meet the nation\u2019s \u201cclimate of fear and polarization\u201d with prayer, reminding the faithful that \u201cyour faith matters. Your prayers matter. Your acts of love and works of justice matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez will celebrate the 12:05 p.m. Mass on Feb. 24 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, followed by the Holy Hour for Peace. Clergy and faithful from across the archdiocese will gather in solidarity with Catholics nationwide to pray for healing, unity, and renewed respect for human dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by Sarah Webb\/Archdiocese of Philadelphia) By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted February 4, 2026 Responding to a nationwide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2387,50896,69,71,70,17068],"class_list":["post-105338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-archbishop-nelson-j-perez","tag-holy-hour-for-peace","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-usccb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}