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Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, who spearheaded the U.S. bishops’ initiative of Eucharistic Revival, adores Christ in the Eucharist with tens of thousands of people in Lucas Oil Stadium. / Credit: Casey Johnson in partnership with the National Eucharistic Congress CNA Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). More than 50,000 Catholics filled…
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Bishop Andrew Cozzens holds the Eucharist over the faithful for benediction while standing on the Indiana War Memorial. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The 10th National Eucharistic Congress drew tens of thousands of people to Indianapolis last week seeking a rekindling of their faith in the Eucharist,…
Some recent summertime travel caused me to venture into another diocese. As a daily Mass goer, I was thrilled to be in a rental only a block from the basilica. On a Friday afternoon, we entered a beautiful church. We sat in a pew, three of us wearing veils, and were suddenly aware of how…
America is a fascinating country to watch from a political perspective as an outsider. Not only is the political arena in America filled with drama and intrigue, but it is also filled with notable and often very noble zeal and principled action. I am not American, but given Canada’s proximity to the US and the…
A painting of St. Joachim, the little Virgin Mary, and St. Anne in the Church of San Francesco in Reggio Emilia, Italy. / Credit: Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). Many couples today face childlessness and infertility, but they are far from the first. Sts. Anne and Joachim, whose feast…
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Above: Virgin and Child with St. Anne by Leonardo da Vinci. What we know about the Blessed Virgin Mary’s parents, Saints Joachim and Anne, comes from Protoevangelium Jacobi (The Gospel of James). It is not part of the inerrant Word of God, but the document, which was written c. 170 AD gives insight into the…
St. Paul VI. / Credit: Catholic News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 25, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). On July 25, 1968, St. Paul VI published Humanae Vitae, an encyclical on the regulation of birth and the dangers involved in the use of artificial contraceptive methods and their imposition as…
