ROME (10-23-2024) – Sister Mary Mercy Lee, FSE who recently began to serve at the Vatican, was selected to read Pope Francis’ message and blessing to the English-speaking pilgrims at the Holy Father’s General Audience on October 23. Thousands of people from around the world gather each Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square to see and listen to Pope Francis who customarily presents an instruction or reflection on a topic of his choice. Currently, he has been speaking on the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church. The audience concludes with his greetings and blessing to people of various language groups which he says in Italian, and then a delegate of each language interprets his message for the crowd. Sister Mary Mercy presented the message in English, addressing those present from English-speaking countries.
Sister Mary Mercy’s part begins at 31:10 in the Vatican video.