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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Inspires Wave of Priestly and Religious Vocations

Jeffrey Bruno
The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage approaches the College of William and Mary’s Wren Building, the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States, on June 5, 2026, in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is bearing vocational fruit, with 26 of 45 former perpetual pilgrims discerning or pursuing priesthood, religious life, or other consecrated vocations.

Pope Leo XIV: Make Time for Prayer and Silence in the Summer

Daniel Ibáñez
Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful during his Sunday Angelus on July 12, 2026, at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo.

The Pope addressed the faithful during the July 12 Angelus at Castel Gandolfo, where he is currently on vacation.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After ‘Brief and Sudden Illness’

Chip Somodevilla
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the FY2027 budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. The long-serving senator passed away on July 11 at 71.

The office of the long-serving South Carolina senator said he passed away on July 11.

Café Catholicism: Parishes Are Upping Their Coffee Game

Inset: The Little Way Café sign, stylized, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The parish joins others in offering good coffee and good company.

Coffeehouses aren’t a nice added extra for a Catholic parish, but rather an essential, one priest told the Register.

St. Zélie the Lacemaker

Images courtesy of Archives du Carmel de Lisieux
The mother of St. Thérèse was an expert lacemaker.

Discover the expertise of St. Thérèse’s mother for her feast day.