Father Roger Landry

Father Roger Landry, Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, is ecclesiastical assistant to Aid to the Church in Need USA. Father Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, has been appointed by the U.S. bishops a “National Eucharistic Preacher.”

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Pope Francis offers a blessing during a visit to the Porziuncola of St. Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels on Aug. 4, 2016, in Assisi, Italy.

Understanding Pope Francis From the Inside

COMMENTARY: The best key for doing this is the Holy Father’s understanding of God’s mercy.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries March 11, 2023

Nuns pray during Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, May 2, 2015.

Praying for Pope Francis

COMMENTARY: This is the best way to mark his 10th anniversary.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries March 10, 2023

Women in search of separated family members view an exhibition of reconnected family members during an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Yola, Adamawa State in northeast Nigeria, Aug. 30. Dozens of families of missing people, mostly victims of banditry and Boko Haram armed violence, came together to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS).

Living Lent in Solidarity With Our Suffering Nigerian Brothers and Sisters

COMMENTARY: These 40 days are an opportunity to support our spiritual siblings.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries February 22, 2023

Mourners gather for Benedict XVI’s funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Jan. 5 in Vatican City.

The Life, Death, Funeral and Legacy of Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI saw as his principal task to lead us to God. More than anything, he sought to lead us to God through prayer.

Father Roger Landry Blogs January 12, 2023

Pope Benedict XVI prays before the remains of St Augustine during a visit to the northern Italy city of Pavia 22 April 2007. The Pope, himself a major theologian, was greatly influenced by Augustine, the intellectually restless 5th century theologian who had a major impact on the development of Western thought and religion.

Pope Benedict’s Papal Conversions

COMMENTARY: The Church should learn from the late Pope and St. Augustine's lessons of continual conversion, humility and prayer.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries January 5, 2023

This file picture taken on January 6, 2013 shows Pope Benedict XVI blessing faithful at the end of the Epiphany mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI on February 11, 2013 announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman told AFP.

Pope Benedict XVI Loved the Church Enough to Make a Difficult and Painful Decision

COMMENTARY: A deeper examination of Benedict’s reasons to resign can help us to see why it was courageous, not cowardly.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries January 4, 2023

Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass in St Peter's Square to mark the third anniversary of the death of pope John Paul II in Vatican on April 2, 2008.

How Blessed by God We Were by Benedict XVI’s Life and Legacy

COMMENTARY: I think his most durable lesson will be his focus on God. He sought to lead us toward God. His homilies were doxological, focused above all on God and his glory.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries January 4, 2023