Attendees of the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21 in Indianapolis now have the option of purchasing single-day and weekend passes in order to make attendance more affordable and flexible, the bishop overseeing the congress announced Nov. 15.

The U.S. Catholic bishops approved supplements to “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” — a teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics — on Nov. 15 during their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.

The U.S. bishops voted almost unanimously (with two “no” votes) Nov. 15 to support of a request by the the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales that Pope Francis name St. John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a doctor of the church.

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, urged U.S. Catholics to support the “urgent work” of the U.S. church’s domestic anti-poverty program by giving to the upcoming CCHD national collection.

Though it includes some gory interludes, “Assassin’s Creed Mirage” (Ubisoft) is also educational insofar as it explores – and celebrates – the Golden Age of Islam.