By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report, Oct. 13, 2025
John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) was former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. He publishes regularly in the National Catholic Register and in theological journals. All views expressed herein are exclusively his own.
The action was clearly a political stunt. Ironically, it took place in the Archdiocese of Chicago, which in recent years has strongly objected to such public displays of Eucharistic faith.
Two days ago, on Saturday, October 12th:
A delegation of Catholic priests, nuns and lay leaders were among hundreds of people from Chicago and the suburbs who marched from Maywood to Broadview Saturday in hopes of delivering Holy Communion to detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility.
The Chicago Sun-Times further reports that “after approaching Illinois State Police officers standing outside the facility, the group’s communion request was rebuffed.”
There has now been much debate and criticism on social media about this “Eucharistic procession”. …
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