Tag: Eucharist
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Pope Francis Urges Youth to Embrace the Eucharist like Carlo Acutis
Read More: Pope Francis Urges Youth to Embrace the Eucharist like Carlo AcutisPope Francis Urges Youth to Embrace the Eucharist like Carlo Acutis Pope Francis in his youth message released on Tuesday encouraged young people to imitate Blessed Carlo Acutis in prioritizing “the great gift of the Eucharist.” “As Blessed Carlo Acutis said, the Eucharist is the highway to heaven,” the pope wrote in his message for diocesan World…
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St. Paul the Apostle
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