Bishop Robert Barron finally got his chance to visit the United Kingdom last month as part of the “Sharing the Church's Story” conference.

“Friends, I won’t soon forget the extraordinary privilege of visiting London last month,” Barron tweeted recently. “My deep thanks to all who made the trip possible.”

The visit had been extensively planned for a long time. However, it was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's period of mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Catholic Herald reported.

During his visit, he addressed politicians, evangelists and business leaders, and celebrated Mass in Westminster Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament. Barron also led a one-day conference titled "Sharing the Church's Story" in downtown London at The QEII Centre on Feb. 11. The conference's aim was to gather individuals together in a physical setting to provide them with a deep sense of personal transformation and the necessary tools to carry out their mission, the Sharing the Church's Story website says.

Part of his message was rooted in the beatitudes as he spoke about the need for people to abide by Christian virtues in public life and society, the Catholic Herald said. Turning the other cheek does not mean that Christians have to be passive, he said; rather it lets them stand their ground using peaceful means.

Barron, who is the Bishop of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota and formerly served as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is the founder of the Word on Fire Institute.

He has previously served as the rector of Mundelein Seminary in his hometown of Chicago. He has become one of the prominent voices of Catholicism on the internet, with a significant social media following of 600,000 subscribers on YouTube and 3.1 million followers on Facebook, The Tablet said in a report.