LA Catholic gets surprise visit with Pope Leo at Jubilee of Migrants pilgrimage

When Rosa Bonilla shook Pope Leo XIV’s hand, she was left almost speechless — in both English and Spanish.

“When I held his hand,” Bonilla said, “my heart was beating hard. It was so emotional.”

Bonilla, a pastoral assistant at Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, was in Rome to participate in a pilgrimage for the Jubilee of Migrants from Oct. 1-8. An immigrant from El Salvador who came to the United States in 2001, Bonilla and her husband, Carlos, were part of a 100-person delegation of U.S. dioceses organized by the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry that came to the Vatican in support and prayer for migrants, especially ones facing fear and deportation back home.

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(Photo Courtesy: Vatican Media)