International Eucharistic Congress
The Vatican-backed International Eucharistic Congress, hosted by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines with Cebu City as the chosen venue,The congress from January 24 to 31 drew more than 12,000 participants from different countries
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CEBU City (Jan. 29, 2016) – Bishop Dominic Kimengich, a priest for 29 years, now sits as Bishop of Lodwar, a laid-back town some 1,000 kilometers from Nairobi. He is one of three Catholic clergy from his ecclesial province attending the 51st International Eucharistic Congress. In an interview with CBCPNews, the 54-year-old bishop said his […]
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CEBU City (Jan. 29, 2016) – “The greatest is the one who stoops down to serve.” Ranking ecclesiastics have come to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) to exercise their mandate to teach lay people. But “Father Soc,” president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), went beyond and sought forgiveness for numerous […]
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MANDAUE City, Jan. 28, 2016 – Archbishop Dominic Jala, SDB, DD of Shillong, North East India expressed his realization on how we are ‘connected as one’ Catholic Church after celebrating a Mass during one of the “Parish Encounters” of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC). “What touched me was the fact that we, from many […]
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CEBU City (Jan. 29, 2016) – Where others prefer to tiptoe and use couched language, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, archbishop of Abuja in Nigeria, minced no words in talking about the proper disposition for the reception of the Holy Eucharist, which many Catholics seem to take for granted nowadays. Delivering this morning’s catechesis, Onaiyekan said no […]
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CEBU City, Jan. 29, 2016— The newly-elected head of the World Federation of the Church’s Eucharistic Works said their organization has picked up steam in recent years. Mr. Jose Angel Linares, the Federation’s new president from Spain, said there is an increasing number of lay Eucharistic adorers globally that sought membership to the Federation. “Every […]
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CEBU City (Jan. 29, 2016) – The religious importance of food as well as popular piety can help the Church in its dialogue with Asian religions, according to India’s Oswald Cardinal Gracias. The archbishop of Mumbai tackled the theme “The Eucharist in the Church’s Dialogue with Religions,” in a paper read for him by Archbishop […]
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CEBU City, Jan. 29, 2016 – Delegates of the ongoing 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) on Thursday had an early “Visita Iglesia” covering select churches across Cebu City in a bid to make them appreciate more deeply the centrality of the Eucharist in the lives of Catholics. “I’ve been on Visita Iglesias before, but I […]
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