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Members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership attend the weekly General Audience, bringing Pope Leo XIV the voices of people “torn ...
Members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership attend the weekly General Audience, bringing Pope Leo XIV the voices of people “torn away” from their lives and families, presenting him items from migrants sharing “their life experiences amid countless difficulties.”
By Salvatore Cernuzio
“I told him that every time I visit Broadview, I encounter Jesus and His Passion… Forgive me, but I’m very emotional right now.”
Abigail Ortiz Valles could not hide her emotion as she briefly recounted her meeting with Pope Leo XIV on October 28, in St. Peter’s Square.
A Mexican migrant and Scalabrinian laywoman, she had traveled from Chicago to Rome to attend the General Audience alongside some thirty other members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership …