Pope encourages Puerto Rico’s bishops to promote peace within dioceses
January 24, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV received the bishops of Puerto Rico and encouraged them to be “bearers of fraternal communion and to strive for peace in all our dioceses,” according to a bishop who was present at the meeting.
Auxiliary Bishop Tomás González made his remarks in an interview with Vatican News following the January 23 audience.
Bishop González also said that synodal meetings in Puerto Rico’s dioceses have “blessed us enormously as we live this process as children of God, all the baptized, faithful and pastors together.”
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