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Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., chairman of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress Inc., swings a censer near the monstrance following a Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi at ...

This year’s conference will highlight the theme of the Jubilee Year of Hope for 2025: “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” and feature numerous engaging speakers known for their powerful insights and teachings ...

"When I look out onto the ocean, I just find it a place that's easy to pray, easy to sense the presence of God, the truth of ...

In the Eucharist Christ gives us the very body which he gave up for us on the cross, the very blood which he 'poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.' [Mt 26:28 .]" 1367.

The archdiocese commenced the “Year of the Eucharistic Revival” with Mass on the First Sunday of Advent last Dec. 3, 2023, in the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica.

The Mass is where Jesus fulfills his promise to be with us always, not solely in a spiritual, mystical sense, but also in a bodily, physical sense. In the Mass we encounter Christ – body, blood ...

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals and traveled the world.

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals, and traveled the world.

Sir Lawrence Abu Moses Braimah, 87, has testimonies of unwavering faith, Eucharistic devotion, and decades of committed ...

A woman attacked a 2-year-old girl and her parents with pepper spray during Mass on Jun. 22 after allegedly being annoyed by ...

I turned down Hollywood!” Kelly says, laughing as he points to the portrait of a dapper, young priest, his hair slicked and ...