In private audience Pope Leo XIV encourages Latino Catholics serving fearful US immigrants
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘He treated us like dignitaries. He sent a message by having us there. He lifted us,’ said Elizabeth Román, president of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.
