> *[Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitantaction.org/) (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary.* If you also seek the truth, then please consider joining Church Militant today by supporting our work. Sign up for a [Church Militant Premium account](https://www.churchmilitant.com/gopremium) or simply [make a donation](https://www.churchmilitant.com/donate). And now, let's begin with today's Vortex... > > **Yep. $28 million.** > > Amidst all the hubbub of last week's U.S. bishops' meeting, one thing that didn't get a lot of attention was this little gem: In order to promote Church teaching on the Eucharist, the bishops' [three-year plan](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/pack-feigning-a-eucharistic-revival) comes along with $28 million price tag. > > True to its roots as a bureaucratic swamp, the very first response to the devastating news that more than three out of every four Catholics doesn't believe in the [Real Presence](https://www.churchmilitant.com/catholicism/article/catholicism_christ-is-the-eucharist) was to form a committee. > > That committee will then do some studies, and those studies will next be submitted to boards for review, and plans will be developed based on the review of the studies by the committee. > > Of course, all of this requires the hiring of attorneys and, of course, insurance agents as well as marketers to produce pamphlets and flyers and posters — all aiming to produce [a big, one-time event three years from now](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/pack-future-eucharistic-congress) in Indianapolis. That eucharistic revival event is what has the pricey $28 million figure attached to it. > > So the [USCCB](https://www.usccb.org/)'s answer to the profound loss of faith in the Real Presence of Our Blessed Lord in the Eucharist is to first fundraise and then spend $28 million on an event three years from now. > > It's incredible that, given the bishops' response, that even 30% of Catholics still believe in the [Real Presence](https://www.churchmilitant.com/catholicism/article/catholicism_christ-is-the-eucharist). In fact, with leaders like this, it's actually astonishing anyone believes anything about the Faith. Primary Video source and transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-28-million-seriously > Please consider [Church Militant Evening News](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/archive/evening-news) for daily hard-hitting news and analysis through an authentic Catholic lens, covering the latest developments in the Church, across the nation and around the world.