Roger J. Landry

Father Roger J. Landry was ordained in 1999 a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and now works for the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations. He is the former pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River, Massachusetts and St. Anthony of Padua Parish in New Bedford, MA. After receiving a biology degree from Harvard College, he studied for the priesthood in Maryland, Toronto and for several years in Rome. where he did graduate work in Moral Theology and Bioethics at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family. Fr. Landry writes for many Catholic publications, including The National Catholic Register and The Anchor, the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River, for which he was the executive editor and editorial writer from 2005-2012. He regularly leads pilgrimages to Rome, the Holy Land, Christian Europe and other sacred destinations and preaches several retreats a year for priests, seminarians, religious and lay faithful. He speaks widely on the thought of Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis and was an on-site commentator for EWTN’s coverage of the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis. He appears often on various Catholic radio programs, is national chaplain for Catholic Voices USA and New York Chaplain for the Leonine Forum. His articles and daily homilies are found at catholicpreaching.com