CNA—More than 50,000 people gather in Indianapolis this week for the National Eucharistic Congress, which bishops hope will be a culminating moment in the U.S. Catholic Church’s three-year revival to inspire people to encounter Jesus in the Eucharist. Not since World War II… The five-day congress in the NFL’s Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana…
CNA—The NFL’s Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis are host to more than 50,000 Catholics to the National Eucharistic Congress taking place July 17–21. The five-day congress is bringing the faithful together to inspire people to encounter Jesus in the Eucharist. The congress has opportunities for attendees to take part in…
CNA—Relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Juan Diego, and five other saints will be available for veneration each day of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis next week. Catholics attending the congress will have the rare opportunity to pray with the relics of Sts. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Manuel González García, Paschal Baylon, Junípero Serra, Juan…
Amid a brutal heat wave in the Midwest and Northeast this week, the pilgrims on each of the four legs of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage have all passed what is roughly the halfway point on their journeys to Indianapolis. Where are each of the four pilgrimages at this point in their journey? The four pilgrimage…
CNA—The Serra Route (the Western route) of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes through Denver and part of the perpetual pilgrims includes one unofficial pilgrim from California. In her day-to-day life, Sister Mary Rose Chinn of the Handmaids of the Triune God works with public school kids in Ventura, California, a coastal city northwest of Los…
CNA—As hundreds of Catholic pilgrims processed through the streets of Pittsburgh as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, some of the faithful saw the procession as an opportunity to evangelize about Jesus Christ and the Catholic doctrine that he is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. Pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, traveling across the…
CNA—“I live because of the Eucharist,” Mother Angelica once said. The foundress of EWTN and member of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, Mother Angelica made no secret of her love and devotion to the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. On Thursday, more than eight years after her death, the legacy of Mother…
Eucharistic Pilgrimage—More incredible stories of encounter and conversion are rippling across the nation as the Pilgrimage routes make their way towards Indianapolis. From a tricycle to an airstream camper, pilgrims are finding all sorts of creative ways to follow the routes! St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Route (East) On the Seton Route, four sisters from the…
CNA—Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, provided both diagnoses of and prescriptions for the most pervasive spiritual maladies of our times in an interview with EWTN News Rome correspondent Colm Flynn. One of the most popular bishops in the United States and founder of the Word on Fire evangelization ministry, Barron told Flynn the spiritual…
