For Diego and Jenny Oviedo, knowing that it was the first event of its kind in over 80 years, it was paramount that they make it to the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. From their first step in the Expo Center, the Ozone Park couple knew the money and time put into the five-day revival was worth it, and were elated to grow in their understanding of Jesus in the Eucharist.
A Eucharistic pilgrimage from Indianapolis to Los Angeles is being planned for spring 2025, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced July 21 at the end of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress’ closing Mass.
Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, will be a one-term President.
Keith Gavin, a 64-year-old man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt, was executed by lethal injection on July 18 in Alabama.
In the back of the Expo Hall at the National Eucharistic Congress, hundreds of rotating volunteers are helping feed the hungry in Indiana. Donning a neon yellow hair cap, Catholics of all ages found a place in an assembly line to measure and pack food on behalf of Million Meal Movement, a nonprofit in the state.
Hundreds of priests, around 100 bishops and several cardinals concelebrated the morning Mass in Lucas Oil Stadium July 18 — a liturgy that kicked off the first full day of National Eucharistic Congress that had officially opened the evening prior with a revival centered around a beautiful Holy Hour.
As expected, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton turned to the Texas Supreme Court on July 15 to appeal a ruling issued earlier in the month by a state judge that dismissed his effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The National Eucharistic Congress is officially underway, kicking off the five-day celebration of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist in an immense ceremony on July 17 at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Delegates at the Republican National Convention approved a new party platform July 15 that largely reflects their nominee Donald Trump’s political positions, many in his own words.
The U.S. Supreme Court July 16 granted a stay of execution for a Catholic inmate in Texas, Ruben Gutierrez, just 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection.
