A Eucharistic Word: Holiness January 18, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Saints Truly in the Eucharist, as the saints came to know, we find the answer to our searching, the satisfaction to our yearning, the meaning of it all.
National pilgrimage, congress stand out as 2024 highlights for U.S. church December 31, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The U.S. gathering — and related events preceding it — was a major undertaking in 2024. As the pinnacle of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ three-year National Eucharistic Revival, it is already proving to be a milestone in the life of the U.S. church, and in the lives of the Catholics who participated.
Cupich: Standing, not kneeling, for Communion a ‘powerful symbolic expression’ December 18, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago is advocating for Catholic faithful to receive holy Communion standing — the normative posture established by the U.S. Catholic bishops — as part of a renewed awareness of the theology of the Communion procession.
A Eucharistic Word: Waiting November 21, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist The Eucharist, as the source and summit of Christian life, has much to teach us about waiting.
A pilgrim reflects upon traveling hundreds of miles with the Eucharist November 20, 2024By Kai Weiss OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist As one of the perpetual pilgrims who traveled with him for the entire two months, I got to experience the adventure of a lifetime.
A Eucharistic Word: Fruitfulness October 20, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist The Eucharist truly is the gift that shapes our character into his. We pray, as St. Augustine preached, that we will ever more fully become who we receive.
Jesus ‘brings us to his heart, brings us with him to heart of God,’ archbishop tells congress in Ocean City October 18, 2024By Connie Connolly OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News In just 45 minutes, Archbishop Richard G. Henning presented salvation history according to sacred Scripture in an engaging keynote address Oct. 5, during the Eucharistic Congress sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.
Michigan Catholic bishops say Gov. Whitmer video mocks Eucharist October 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Eucharist, Feature, News, social media, World News Michigan’s Catholic bishops have expressed “profound disappointment and offense” after that state’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared to mock the Eucharist in a social media video posted by feminist author and podcaster Liz Plank.
Radio Interview: Ask a Bishop with Bishop Adam J. Parker October 7, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Listeners of Catholic Review Radio get their chance to ask Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker whatever questions are on their mind in this first-ever “Ask a Bishop” episode of the program.
New texts for eucharistic adoration, Communion outside Mass aim to promote unity September 27, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Three years after being approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops, updates to the ritual texts for distribution of holy Communion outside of Mass and for eucharistic adoration will take effect.
Question Corner: Why do Catholics emphasize the body more than the blood of Jesus in Communion reception? September 25, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner It is the consistent traditional practice in Eastern Catholic churches to administer Communion under both kinds as a matter of course.
Padre Pio is beloved but most people misunderstand why September 25, 2024By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Saints Padre Pio had a keen awareness of sin, and most importantly, as Father John puts it, “He was abrupt and tough with some people and compassionate and gentle with others.”
