New NY Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks via RNS:

“This is a call to be a missionary church, not a country club,” he said. “A club exists to serve its members. The church exists, on the other hand, to go out and serve all people — on fire, with faith, with hope and charity in the name of Jesus Christ.”

The archbishop said, “We exist to follow Jesus, who fed the hungry, healed those ill in body and spirit, rejected hatred and proclaimed love.”

Hicks clarified that his call was not “a criticism,” an acknowledgement that there has been some debate in the Catholic Church, particularly in the U.S., about whether to defend the church by doubling down on orthodoxy in a secularizing world or to go out and engage with that world. But the new New York archbishop made clear that he stands with Pope Francis — and his successor Pope Leo XIV — on that matter by quoting Francis’ famous ad-lib, “todos, todos, todos,” signaling a commitment to include “everyone” in the church.