Catholics Gather For Installation Of First Hispanic Archbishop, Nelson Perez

SEASON.♪♪BIG DAY FOR CATHOLICS INTHE ARCHDIOCESE OFPHILADELPHIA A NEW LEADERFIRST HISPANIC ARCHBISHOP WASINSTALLED TODAY IN THECEREMONY AND MASS, PLENTY OFPOMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.ARCHBISHOP PEREZ HAS APOWERFUL MESSAGE FOR THEFAITHFUL.NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THEPOWER OF THE SPIRIT OF THEGOD, WORKING IN YOU, THROUGHYOU, AND DESPITE YOU, GODBLESS YOU.ARCHBISHOP PEREZ WHO SPENTMANY YEARS HERE IN OUR CITYSAYS HE IS THRILLED TO RETURNTO PHILADELPHIA WE HAVE LIVETEAM THREE COVERAGE ALYCIAREID SPOKE WITH THE FAITHFULWHO ATTENDED THE INSTALLATIONBUT LETS START WITH OUR JOEHOLDEN WHO SPOKE TO THEARCHBISHOP TODAY, JOE.REPORTER: MASS JUSTWRAPPING UP PROCESSION MAKINGITS WAY, DOWN THE AISLE OF THECATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINTSPETER AND PAUL.THE ARCHDIOCESE NAILED THISWITH TIMING, THEY SAID ITWOULD BE A MASS, INSTALLATIONRUNNING ABOUT TWO HOURS, ANDARE THEY EVER, ON THE MARK.I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OFSPEAKING WITH THEN ARCHBISHOPDESIGNATE NELSON PEREZ, BEFOREALL OF THE CEREMONY, AND POMPAND CIRCUMSTANCE, HE TOLD MEHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO JUSTSEEING PEOPLE, TO BEING, INTHIS ELEMENT AND LIVE IN, THEMOMENT.BUT LETS GO AHEAD AND LISTENTO IT.NERVOUS?NO, VERY PEACEFUL VERYJOYFUL.REPORTER: HOW DO YOU NOT BEHOW DO YOU GHETTO OWE.I LOVE BEING AROUND PEOPLE,SO IT IS EASY FOR ME TO DOTHAT.REPORTER: WHAT ARE YOU MOSTLOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.SEEING A LOT OF FAMILIARFACES, RIGHT.FRIEND I HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY,MANY YEARS.SO IT IS REALLY AWESOME.REPORTER: INSTALLATION MASSAND CEREMONY DID NOTDISAPPOINT, SOARING VOICES,NUMEROUS INSTRUMENTS, ANDPEREZ INSTALLATION SEALS HISSTORE BYE HOME COMING, ANDTHAT THAT POINT ITSELF ISHIGHLY UNUSUAL, FOR A PRIESTEDUCATED RIGHT HERE INPHILADELPHIA, TO RETURN ASARCHBISHOP.THE MASS WAS RICH WITHSYMBOLISM OF PEREZ, LATINOHERITAGE, THREE SEPARATECHOIRS CRAMMED FOR THEOCCASION WITH JUST THREE WEEKSTO GET IT RIGHT.AS IT LED IN THE CATHEDRAL 500CLERGY STRONG, A BAND PLAYEDHYMNS, PEREZ JOINED, THESURMON TALK ABOUT HOPE, HEHOPED FOR NO RAIN TODAY.PERHAPS THAT WAS, A PRAYER.HE ALSO, HOPES TO WIN THELOTTERY THAT THE SIXERS WOULDWIN THE NBA FINALS AND THEEAGLES WOULD DOMINATE IN THESUPER BOWL BUT ON HOPE, EVENWITH THE DEEP WOUNDS AND SCARSOF THE CHURCH THIS NEWARCHBISHOP APOLOGIZED FOR THESINS OF THE CHURCH AND HOPEDTHAT IT WILL ALL SOME DAY BEMADE RIGHT.PEREZ, THEN DIRECT PART OF HISWORDS TO HIS PREDECESSORARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUT.HE WAS STEADFAST, STEADFASTAND HE MADE DECISIONS THATSOMETIMES A FATHER HAS TOMAKE.DECISIONS THAT AT TIME BROUGHTHIM GREAT SUFFERING ANDCRITICISM, HE IS A MAN OFGREAT, GREAT FAITH, INCREDIBLEFAITH.HE IS A MAN WHO PROCLAIMSTRUTH OF THE GOSPEL AND FAITHWITH COURAGE AND WITH THEARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIAOWES THIS MAN A INCREDIBLEDEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR WHO HEWAS, IS AND WILL CONTINUE TOBE.REPORTER: WE ARE LOOKINGLIVE INSIDE OF THE CATHEDRALBASILICA OF THE ST.

PETER ANDPAUL, THE ORGAN FULL STOPPEDOUT AS THE PRIESTS ARE LININGUP, TO EXIT WHAT WAS ACEREMONY AND MASS OFINSTALLATION, TO REMEMBER.LIVE OUT HERE IN LOGAN SQUARE,OF COURSE, THERE IS A CROWDASSEMBLING BEHIND ME HERE,WAITING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE ASTHESE PRIESTS, EXIT THECATHEDRAL, WE ARE WORKING ONTURNING AROUND SO MANY ANGLESOF OUR COVERAGE, I'M BACK INONE HOUR WITH THE VERY LATESTFROM CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA