“As we saw the violence escalate at Delaney Hall since Memorial Day, the archdiocese wanted to have a prayerful, peaceful presence there.”
“I don’t know if it’s a particular devotion to her as a saint, but she represents, for the church, the church’s embrace of immigrants.”
As Pope Leo XIV prepares for his June 6-12 apostolic visit to Spain, Church leaders say he will encounter a Catholic community at a pivotal moment.
