The National Eucharistic Congress officially began July 17 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with a powerful holy hour that saw tens of thousands of people kneeling in silent adoration before Jesus in the Eucharist.

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández declared that the Vatican will only validate reports of Marian apparitions in “exceptional” cases that incur the special interest of the pope.

If Trump is elected, Vance would be the second Catholic vice president in US history—after Joe Biden.

A group of American “Catholics and non-Catholics” and prominent cultural and intellectual personalities asked Pope Francis in an open letter July 15 not to further restrict the traditional Latin Mass.

We need to pray—and ask some hard questions.

Many political and faith leaders, even as they prayed for Trump, also asked for prayers for the country as a whole, and particularly America’s polarized political landscape.