{"id":304534,"date":"2026-10-11T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304534\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:58:10","slug":"archbishop-perez-calls-for-prayers-for-pope-leo-xiv-before-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304534\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop P\u00e9rez Calls for Prayers for Pope Leo XIV Before Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Perez-HS-update.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez<\/p>\n<p>Posted October 11, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez is asking Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to pray for Pope Leo XIV, who announced Oct. 11 that he will undergo surgery to remove a small nodule detected in his lung during recent medical examinations.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Early this morning the Holy Father shared that he will undergo surgery within the next few days to have a small nodule removed from one of his lungs.<\/p>\n<p>I ask all people throughout the Catholic Church of Philadelphia to join their hearts and voices in prayerful solidarity for the intention of Pope Leo\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican has indicated that the prognosis is a very hopeful one. We ask that God strengthen our beloved Holy Father and guide the skillful hands of the medical professionals who will care for him.<\/p>\n<p>May Pope Leo\u2019s recovery be complete and swift and may our Blessed Mother wrap him in her loving mantle of maternal care.<\/p>\n<p>Most Reverend Nelson J. P\u00e9rez, D.D.<br \/>Archbishop of Philadelphia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez Posted October 11, 2026 Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez is asking Catholics throughout the Archdiocese&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-304534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304534","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=304534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}