CNA<\/a>)<\/span>.- Archbishop Charles Chaput has been a diocesan bishop for 31 years. For most of that time, his people have known where to find him on Sunday afternoon or evening: hearing confessions and offering Mass in his cathedral.<\/p>\nChaput celebrated this weekend his last Sunday Mass as a diocesan bishop.<\/p>\n
At the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Chaput told his parishioners he is grateful to them, and pointed following Jesus Christ as the pathway to truth and happiness.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll still be around, I\u2019m not dying, I\u2019m just retiring,\u201d Chaput said Feb. 16, just days before the Tuesday installation of his successor, Archbishop-designate Nelson Perez.<\/p>\n
In a homily that stayed tied to the Mass readings, characteristic of Chaput\u2019s preaching style, the archbishop cited the second reading from St. Paul\u2019s First Letter to the Corinthians, saying it captures his experience of ministry to the Church in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat eye has not seen and ear has not heard and what has not entered the human heart: what God has prepared for those who love him,\u201d St. Paul wrote. \u201cThis, God has revealed to us, through the Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chaput thanked the congregation for \u201cthe gift of your presence in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGod bless you,\u201d he concluded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Archbishop Chaput has retired. He celebrated his last mass as a diocesan bishop Sunday at the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll still be around. I\u2019m not dying, I\u2019m just retiring,\u201d Chaput said.\u00a0 His successor, Archbishop Nelson Perez, was installed yesterday.\u00a0 From Catholic News Agency: Philadelphia, Pa., Feb 17, 2020 \/ 04:45 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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