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The working document for the Synod of Bishops in October was released by the Vatican June 20. While written primarily to guide the 370 members of the synod, Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, who has been shepherding the synodal process in the United States, said it gives everyone "a remarkable opportunity to reflect on what we have learned thus far about the nature of a synodal church and how we might embrace that more fully."

Catholics need to recover a sense of awe and adoration before the Eucharist, knowing that it is “the real and loving presence of the Lord,” Pope Francis told members of the committees organizing the National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States.

Starting on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi in June, the faithful in the Diocese of Brownsville once again have permission to receive the Precious Blood of Christ as part of the Eucharist.

The Vatican has released its first list of participants Pope Francis has appointed to attend the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in October. More than a quarter of voting members are not bishops and a total of 54 voting members are women.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) welcomed the news from the Holy See’s General Secretariat of the Synod of the delegates appointed for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held this October.