By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted June 26, 2026 <\/p>\n
On Monday, June 22, Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez met at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center with Dr. Jeannine Marino, J.C.D., a canon lawyer with expertise in the work of beatification and canonization, who presented a petition requesting consideration of initiating the process for Bucks County teen Maria Middleton.<\/p>\n
Middleton, who died at age 18 following a serious illness, was known for her Catholic faith, service to others and leadership in her parish, school, and community. Her parents, Brian and Susan Middleton, also attended the meeting, along with archdiocesan clergy and canon law experts. Read CatholicPhilly\u2019s coverage of the meeting here.<\/a> To learn more about her life and legacy, visit thinkhope.org<\/a>. (Photos by Sarah Webb)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted June 26, 2026 On Monday, June 22, Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez met at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2387,3851,99160,99161,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-228972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-archbishop-nelson-j-perez","tag-archdiocesan-pastoral-center","tag-beatification-and-canonization","tag-maria-middleton","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228972","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=228972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}