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In a near unanimous vote, U-S bishops approved a new document on the Eucharist yesterday, during their fall meeting in Baltimore. The document highlights the indispensable role of the Eucharist in the life of the Church. It does not reference whether bishops and priests ought to deny the Eucharist to public figures, at odds with Catholic teaching on abortion and other moral issues.
Indianapolis will host the first national Eucharisic congress in decades, in July 2024. The congress will mark the culmination of a three-year Eucharist revival campaign by U-S bishops, that will begin next summer. The last national Eucharistic congress was in 1976.
U-S bishops voted to advance the sainthood causes of two men and one young woman. Charlene Marie Richard was diagnosed with cancer at the age of twelve. She offered up her suffering to God. Auguste Robert Pelafigue had a special devotion to the Sacred Heart, and Joseph Ira Dutton was a Civil War veteran, who joined Saint Damian of Molokai in his ministry to lepers.
Today the Church honors Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne. The French saint entered the convent at 19, against her parent’s wishes. She came to the United States in 1818 to serve as a missionary.