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By  Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A proposed document to examine the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church” received a thorough discussion June 17 during the second day of U.S. bishops’ spring general assembly.

By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops gave their go-ahead to two dioceses to continue their efforts to make their case for a priest and a brother to be considered for sainthood.

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The first day of the U.S. bishops’ June 16-18 spring assembly, held virtually because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, began with discussion of how to proceed with a major topic the bishops will be taking up: the drafting of a formal statement on the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church.” Initial debate for the first 40 minutes of the meeting focused on amending the meeting’s agenda to add time to the next day’s debate on drafting the document so as many bishops’ voices could be heard as possible on the “action item.” The first-day agenda also included remarks by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio; an address by Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; and presentations on liturgical translations and a pastoral “Framework for Marriage and Family Life Ministry.” The meeting opened with what is normally a routine vote to approve the meeting agenda, but Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. Louis wanted to amend the agenda to ensure the bishops would not be limited by time in considering the drafting of a teaching document on the Eucharist by the bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For those who learn to look carefully, the world is filled with signs of God’s presence, and noticing those signs is the best way to get over feelings of disappointment, Pope Francis said.