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.

Según el sitio web del Dicasterio para las Causas de los Santos, la fecha para la beatificación de cinco franciscanos españoles conocidos como “los mártires de Georgia” se ha fijado para el 31 de octubre.

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OSV News

| 02/19/2026

“It’s a blessing to be able to do this, and parents have been bringing their babies for ashes,” said seminarian Gabriel Gojcaj.

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Armando Machado

| 02/19/2026

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The visit to Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church underscored the importance of focusing on shared mission rather than differences, particularly at the beginning of Lent.

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Mary Shovlain

| 02/19/2026