And they’re off! National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes begin with Holy Spirit-powered send-offs — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, blesses the crowd with the Eucharist in a monstrance during an outdoor Pentecost Sunday Mass on May 19, 2024, in Bemidji, Minnesota. The Mass at the headwaters of the Mississippi River marked the start of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, a four-route trek consisting of Eucharistic processions, community service, and…

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Hospice and palliative care: A look at ‘absolutely vital’ end-of-life support — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 19, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). As assisted suicide and euthanasia continue to grow more common throughout much of the developed world, services like palliative and hospice care serve as a vital counterweight to those trends, offering what one provider calls care for “the whole person” that’s respectful…

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