Papal Envoy to U.S. Says Gospel Message Must Penetrate Reality

| 02/20/2024

By: Mary Shovlain

Hundreds of people attended the New York Encounter this weekend for education, dialogue, and friendship.

The annual three-day public cultural event in the heart of New York City is organized by members of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.

This year’s theme was ‘Tearing Open the Sleeping Soul’. The speakers and participants reflected on the question: “What is happening to our humanity?”

The Pope’s ambassador to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, moderated the panel discussion on ‘Fratelli Tutti’,Pope Francis’s 2020 encyclical on fraternity through dialogue to create a more just and peaceful world.

See his interview with The Good Newsroom in the video above.

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By:

Steven Schwankert

| 02/20/2026

Concluding a biennial gathering, the officers and members of the Episcopal Conferences of the Americas met from February 15-17 at a retreat center to pray and discuss their shared ministry as pastors and issued a joint statement.

By:

The Good Newsroom

| 02/20/2026

Desde Westchester hasta el Bronx, las parroquias están abriendo sus puertas para celebrar días de oración y penitencia.

By:

Armando Machado

| 02/20/2026