Gift of Finest Wheat: The Story of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress
...eme of the 41st IEC was “The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family” with the goal of examining both physical and spiritual hunger. The history of the Eucharistic Congress dates to 1881, when a one-day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by more than 800 people.
Jubilees and Holy Years
...at the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, being the seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Holy Doors were later added to the three other Papal Basilicas: Saint Peter, Saint Mary Major, and Saint Paul Outside the Walls. At the end of each Jubilee, the door is sealed up
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...97, Kenrick first came to America after completing his clerical studies in Rome in 1821 and served as a professor of theology and history in Kentucky for the next nine years. The early years of Kenrick’s time in Philadelphia were not without controversy, and many of the letters at the