

This convention will be the first of its kind in the United States for almost 50 years.” “The campaign will culminate with a National Eucharistic Congress in July 2024 in Indianapolis. “With the document, the bishops approved a strategic plan for a three-year Eucharistic revival campaign, which will include the development of new educational materials, the training of diocesan and parish leaders, the launch of a website dedicated to renewal, and the deployment of a special team of 50 priests to preach on the Eucharist.” He added that it would soon be forgotten. “Thus, as Cardinal Roger Mahony, Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles and a ‘progressive’ prelate, foresaw, the text was mitigated and became ‘flat’ according to his expression. On November 17, 2021, the long-awaited document by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was released, titled: “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church.” But, as FSSPX.News of 29 November 2021 noted: “the text avoids any explicit reference to the question of whether bishops and priests should refuse communion to public figures who disagree with Catholic teaching on abortion and other moral issues.”

The lengthy interview with a politician who was notoriously pro-abortionist sparked a lot of reaction in the Italian press. On October 29, 2021, Pope Francis granted a 75-minute audience to the President of the United States, Joe Biden.
