This sentence, issued on June 25, marks a milestone in what some see as a fight against gender discrimination inside the Catholic Church Photo: IJ Editores

USA: Pope Francis Sends Cardinal Tagle as Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress

Looking to bring the Catholic Church together for a national celebration of the mystery of the Eucharist in the life of the Church, the bishops of the United States approved the National Eucharistic Congress as a milestone moment in the three-year National Eucharistic Revival with the vision that it would flow into the final year of the Revival, the Year of Missionary Sending.