Confession is a different sacrament with its own distinct focus, and it would seem to be pastoral common sense that those seeking specifically the forgiveness of any kind of sin would most fruitfully do so in the sacrament that was “custom built” for that purpose.
Eucharist
Question Corner: Can we bring the Precious Blood to the sick?
The church does in fact allow Holy Communion under the form of wine to be taken to the sick in some cases.
Pope leads Corpus Christi procession through streets of Rome
In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said.
Hundreds of thousands march in Poland’s Corpus Christi processions
In Catholic Poland, Corpus Christi is more than a feast — it’s a nationwide act of faith.
How a Norbertine nun’s visions led to the feast of Corpus Christi
Beginning in 1208, Jesus would use a pious, holy and humble nun, St. Juliana of Cornillon, as his instrument to take advantage of the increasing visual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and, at the same time, return the People of God to regularly receiving holy Communion. Juliana would be Christ’s source to establish the feast of Corpus Christi.
For 3-year National Eucharistic Revival, the end is the beginning
The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year’s feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative — which included last year’s 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages — laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say.
As revival’s Year of Mission draws to close, organizers look back — and ahead
In the same way that a relationship with Christ is not about something but someone, the organizers of the National Eucharistic Revival will tell you that their movement is not just something faithful Catholics do, but something that they are — a grace from God, stirring up the hearts of his people.
Texas prisoners’ witness of faith makes prison visit ‘a highlight’ of eucharistic pilgrimage
The eight young adults traveling the full route of this year’s National Eucharistic Pilgrimage had expected to witness their faith to inmates of James Lynaugh Prison Unit near Fort Stockton, Texas, during their June 9 visit.
OLPH’s fourth eucharistic procession, set for June 21, ‘speaks to the heart’
Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City will host its fourth annual Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession June 21. The event begins with Saturday’s 4:30 p.m. vigil Mass and the procession begins at approximately 5:30 p.m. after the end of holy Communion.
National pilgrimage leaders urge large procession turnouts to counter anti-Catholic protesters
Catholics are encouraged to turn out in strong numbers for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s eucharistic processions to counter the growing number of anti-Catholic protesters who have afflicted the route’s public events from the first week.
National pilgrimage carries the Eucharist to Midwest cathedrals and along cow fields
The pilgrims’ 10-state route includes daily stops at parishes and other Catholic institutions for Mass, Eucharistic adoration, service and fellowship.
‘Perpetual pilgrims’ start out across U.S., walking ‘with love and truth’ to share the Gospel
Those were, in a sense, the marching orders for the eight young adult Catholics sent forth hours later from St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis on a 36-day National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that will cross 10 states — Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.