Monsignor Roger J. Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, is National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States. He is also a Papal Missionary of Mercy, Chaplain to the New York Chapter of the Leonine Forum, and a Member of the Board of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs in Auriesville, New York. During the National Eucharistic Revival of the Church in the United States, he served as a National Eucharistic Preacher and helped lead the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage from New Haven, CT, to Indianapolis. A graduate of Harvard College (1992) and the Pontifical North American College in Rome (1999), he served as Attaché to the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York (2015-2022), Catholic Chaplain at Columbia University (2022-2024), Ecclesiastical Assistant to Aid to the Church in Need USA (2021-2024), and has been a pastor, newspaper editor and high school chaplain in the Diocese of Fall River. He has served as onsite commentator for EWTN’s coverage of the papal conclaves that elected Pope Francis (2013) and Pope Leo (2025) as well as the funerals of Pope Benedict XVI (2022) and Pope Francis (2025). He writes for many publications, appears regularly on television, radio, and podcasts and is the author of Plan of Life: Habits to Help You Grow Closer to God (Pauline Books and Media 2018). His homilies, articles, retreats, conferences, educational videos and other offerings are available for free at catholicpreaching.com.
