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Eucharistic Devotion

A woman sits before the Blessed Sacrament at All Saints parish in Bamenda, Cameroon, in one of several chapels of perpetual adoration that have been built or expanded in the archdiocese amid the country’s ongoing “Anglophone” civil war. (photo: Collins Suh / EWTN Africa)

War and Adoration: Why Eucharistic Devotion Is Surging Amid Cameroon’s Devastating Civil Conflict

Jun 26, 2024

When Catholics across the world go to Eucharistic adoration, they typically pray for the health and well-being of their friends and families, an increase in virtue, and to know God’s will for their life.

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