Eucharistic revival urges pilgrims to meet anti-Catholic protests with peace, prayer — By: Catholic News Agency

The faithful march in the Drexel Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Tulsa, Friday, May 30, 2025 / Credit: 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrims CNA Newsroom, May 31, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Eucharistic pilgrims in Oklahoma are being urged by leaders to respond to anti-Catholic protests during pilgrimages and processions with peace, humility and prayer. …

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PHOTOS: 45,000 attend Bruges’ Holy Blood Procession honoring Christ’s relic — By: Catholic News Agency

 In the morning, the Holy Blood is venerated in Saint Salvator Cathedral during a Eucharistic celebration, with Archbishop of Tehran Cardinal Mathieu concelebrating. Then during the procession, he carries the reliquary for part of the route. May 28, 2025. / Credit: Thomas P. Reiter Bruges, Belgium, May 31, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Over 45,000…

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Bishops of El Salvador oppose country being used as ‘international prison’ — By: Catholic News Agency

El Salvador’s massive Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT, by its Spanish acronym). / Credit: Courtesy of Office of the President of El Salvador, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, May 31, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). As El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele marks his sixth anniversary in office, the country’s Catholic bishops have published a…

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Barefoot and hungry pilgrims keep returning to Ireland’s most grueling pilgrimage — By: Catholic News Agency

Just a mention of Lough Derg summons tales of sleep deprivation, discomfort, and hunger, but it’s a deeply spiritual place of renewal and hope, from which faithful pilgrims often emerge reborn through the rituals of self-purification. / Credit: Lough Derg Dublin, Ireland, May 31, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). This weekend, the Jubilee of Hope…

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Catholic ‘creative minority’ revitalizing Church in the Netherlands, Dutch cardinal says — By: Catholic News Agency

The dome of the Cathedral of St. Bavo in Haarlem, the Netherlands. / Credit: Frank de ruyter via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 NL) Vatican City, May 31, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Church in the Netherlands is gaining momentum thanks to the “creative minority” of young people rediscovering the Catholic faith, Cardinal Willem Eijk…

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French bishops condemn passage of euthanasia bill, call for compassionate alternatives — By: Catholic News Agency

An attendee prays the rosary during a demonstration called by the association “La Marche pour la vie” against abortion and euthanasia in Versailles, southwest of Paris, on March 4, 2024. / Credit: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images Paris, France, May 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The French National Assembly has approved a…

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