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A priest from St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Southfield, Mich., holds a relic of Blessed Solanus Casey during a procession following Mass at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit July 30, 2024. (OSV News photo/Daniel Meloy, Detroit Catholic)
Detroit procession for Blessed Solanus Casey on feast day celebrates his humility, virtues
Pope Francis watches a brief performance during a visit to the "Luna Park di Ostia" amusement park in Ostia, Italy, July 31, 2024. He visited the park, which is an hour outside of Rome, to greet workers, their families and the two nuns providing pastoral care there. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope visits amusement park near Rome
Franciscan Father Paolo Benanti, an adviser to Pope Francis on ethics and technology, talks with Microsoft President Brad Smith about ethics and artificial intelligence during an event on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., July 23, 2024. Father Benanti is a member of the United Nations’ advisory body on artificial intelligence. (OSV News photo/courtesy Seattle University)
Papal adviser, head of Microsoft talk ethics and AI in conversation on tech giant's campus
Fr. Patrick Briscoe welcomes pilgrims to the National Eucharistic Congress
I have tasted revival
Before a July 25, 2024, pep rally at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md., students pose beside a large cutout poster of three of the school’s graduates -- Katie Ledecky (class of 2015), Phoebe Bacon (class of 2020) and Erin Gemmell (class of 2023) -- who are members of the U.S. swimming team competing in the Summer Olympics in Paris. (OSV News photo/ Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
Maryland Catholic high school roots for three alumnae swimming for US in Paris
An attendee of the National Eucharistic Congress kneels in prayer July 19, 2024, before relics of St. Manuel Gonzalez, known as the "bishop of the abandoned tabernacle," in the congress's relic chapel at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)
Despite long wait, chance to venerate saints' relics offers 'graces' for congress-goers
A reflection of the Eiffel Tower is seen in the Seine River in Paris July 25, 2024. (OSV News photo/Esa Alexander, Reuters)
Here are 9 Parisian saints to accompany Catholics during Olympics, reopening of Notre Dame
Pilgrims pray during a July 19, 2024, Encounter impact session at Lucas Oil Stadium during the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Congress calls on Catholics to 'Walk with One,' evangelize through 'spiritual companionship'
A teacher at Gaza City's Holy Family Parish is seen July 22, 2024, in a classroom with children set up as part of the St. Joseph educational project for the 150 Christian youth sheltering at the parish compound and at the nearby Greek Orthodox church compound. The project initially started in May but was suspended following Israeli bombardments of the school compound in early July. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Gabriel Romanelli)
Gaza parish preps for school year; students haven't been in classroom since October
Olympian Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pictured competing in her opening heat in the 400-meter hurdles during the World Athletics Championships July 19-22, 2022, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The athlete, a 2017 graduate of Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, N.J., once again shattered her own world record in the Summer Olympic trials June 30, 2024, to secure her place on Team USA for the Paris Olympics. (OSV News photo/Wikipedia via Archdiocese of Newark) U
Alum of NJ Catholic high school heads to Olympics after shattering own hurdles world record
Actor Bob Newhart laughs after delivering story during a tribute to Newhart at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo., March 2, 2001. (OSV News photo/Gary C., Reuters)
Remembering Catholic comedian Bob Newhart
Astronaut Mike Hopkins speaks July 21, 2024, during the final day of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
National congress sends forth Catholics to ignite new Pentecost as Eucharistic missionaries
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Eucharistic pilgrimage planned for 2025, next congress before 2033
The liturgical furniture designed by designer and sculptor Guillaume Bardet, is composed of five elements in the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris: the altar, the cathedra and the associated seats, the ambo, the tabernacle and the baptistery. Each of the pieces was designed in sculpted bronze, a material offering a powerful, timeless and luminous aesthetic. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Paris, Guillaume Bardet)
In the midst of Olympic craze in Paris, Notre Dame guide's advice is: Watch the beauty of the cathedral
Indianapolis Archbishop Charles C. Thompson celebrates a Mass to welcome pilgrims at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis July 16, 2024, just ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
10 reasons we 'have to' go to Mass
Father Mike Schmitz, director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., as well as the chaplain for the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, speaks to media at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 18. Father Schmitz is also the host of the popular Ascension podcasts "Bible in a Year" and "Catechism in a Year." (OSV News photo/Gretchen R. Crowe)
Here are 5 ways Father Mike Schmitz says Catholics can be better evangelizers
Prelates and clergymen process following morning Mass at Lucas Oil Stadium July 18, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
National congress delves into the Eucharist as 'the greatest love story ever told'
Pilgrims pray during Eucharistic adoration at the opening revival night July 17, 2024, of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
'Jesus, I trust in you': National Eucharistic Congress opens with a powerful holy hour
Supporters gather at a prayer rally in Georgetown, Texas, July 14, 2024, in support of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was shot the previous day in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. In a briefing July 14, FBI officials told reporters they had yet to determine what motivated the shooter to open fire from a nearby rooftop, killing one spectator and critically injuring two others before he was shot dead by the Secret Service. The FBI believes the shooter acted alone. (OSV
Catholic, civic leaders call for peace, unity following Trump assassination attempt
 Pope Francis waves to visitors in St. Peter’s Square gathered to pray the Angelus at the Vatican July 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Church needs communion, harmony, moderation to be missionary, pope says
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., chairman of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress, is pictured in a June 10, 2023, photo. On July 14, 2024, Bishop Cozzens assured congress attendees that they can expect a secure event July 17-21 in Indianapolis following the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Bishop Cozzens: National Eucharistic Congress attendees can expect secure event
Father Francis J. Hoffman, also known as "Father Rocky" and director of Relevant Radio, the Catholic talk radio network, is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy Relevant Radio)
Not attending the National Eucharistic Congress in person? Here's where to watch and listen
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'Despicable Me 4' Review
Pilgrims from across the United States and its territories gather for a Mass at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 7, 2024, marking the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Neocatechumenal Way in the United States. (Photo by Gregory A. Shemitz, The Tablet)
Faithful fill Brooklyn arena to celebrate Neocatechumenal Way's 50th anniversary in US
Pope Francis speaks at the Generali Convention Center in Trieste, Italy, for an event during Italian Catholic Social Week on July 7, 2024. Also in the photo are Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian bishops’ conference, left, and Archbishop Luigi Renna of Catania, Italy, right. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope: Indifference is a 'cancer of democracy'
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